diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1521a66119bf02b8e9c76fbd66f41095072cf4b6..669f95a70e585b7278b5ea37d444990388148dcf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ test:
       - docker logs docker_sqldb_1 &> ../mariadb_log.txt
 
         # shut down
-      - docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml down
+      - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml down
 
         # collect results
       - rc=`cat .docker/result`