diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 16061e2340273a2a6a07226e71d21bb7dace3693..5814fb2a4944041de6e07f03d6970c75fd88a9dc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ run-tox-pipeline:
     - . venv/bin/activate
 
   script:
-    - echo $DATABASE_URI_TEST
+    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST=$DATABASE_URI_TEST
     - pip install tox
     - tox