diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 87a126f..b9cba03 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test sqlite to postgres:
     - signald --migrate-data
     - echo 'CREATE DATABASE signald' | psql -h postgres -U postgres -a
     - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/signaldctl db-move postgresql://postgres@postgres/signald?sslmode=disable"
-    - SIGNALD_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://postgres@postgres/signald?sslmode=disable signald --migrate-data
+    - SIGNALD_DATABASE=postgresql://postgres@postgres/signald?sslmode=disable signald --migrate-data
   variables:
     SIGNALD_VERBOSE_LOGGING: "true"
   services: