diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c6f3ae24fec90cc997a60fdd3f4c509219590211..7da5a9b32e0d91eae1604602c6634a7713fcd54b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ unittests-mysql-5:
 trigger_build:
   stage: deploy
   inherit:
-    variables: false
+    variables:
+      - DEPLOY_REF
   variables:
     F_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     MYSQLBACKEND: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME