diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a746a3a6f7a664095cb1a72734c95990d72199b..d2f8378e31cecc95257429bac1f900c5e5f25453 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ variables:
   DEPLOY_REF: dev
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-mysqlbackend/testenv:latest
   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: caosdb1234
+  MYSQL_DATABASE: caosdb
 
 image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
 stages: