diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2c93d76585725693a64f61a8c252e1621c4460aa..876ff77f4db9d5bc83f7e1bfbce7822ebf58c615 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ build_and_upload:
   script:
     - pip install build twine
     - python3 -m build
-    - TWINE_PASSWORD=${CI_JOB_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=gitlab-ci-token python3 -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/* 
+    - TWINE_PASSWORD=${CI_PYPI_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=gitlab-ci-token python3 -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/* 
   rules:
   - if: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH"
   - when: manual