diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d11a7c72ac40407c916e96ac973d2bad0fecd16b..805ff0892c6c1ebe03e35baaf7672582eb00585a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build_docker:
   stage: build
   before_script:
     - export IMAGE="${DOCKER_ORG}/${DOCKER_REPO}"
-    - echo TAG="latest"
+    - export TAG="latest"
     - echo "IMAGE=$IMAGE" >> build.env
     - echo "TAG=$TAG" >> build.env
   script: