diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd3bcc7ed869ed38f254e4e6c807b77162821da9..2f71e230828c634dcf883addb3c85ede87ca6005 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stages:
   - deploy
 
 # Trigger building of server image and integration tests
-.trigger_build:
+trigger_build:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: deploy
   script:
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ unittests:
     - type .
     - cp config.defaults .config
     - echo 'DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST="%,"' >> .config
-    - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=caosdb1234" >> .config
+    - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
     - echo "MYSQL_HOST=mariadb" >> .config
     - command -v mysql
     - ./make_db test-connection
     - ./make_db test --fresh
 
 # Build a docker image in which tests for this repository can run
-.build-testenv:
+build-testenv:
   tags: [ cached-dind ]
   image: docker:19.03
   stage: setup