diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2f8378e31cecc95257429bac1f900c5e5f25453..0f4b8eade9c081027267c5de578e4be1a0dea644 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ unittests:
     - cp config.defaults .config
     - echo 'DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST="%,"' >> .config
     - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
-    - echo "MYSQL_HOST=mysql" >> .config
+    - echo "MYSQL_HOST=localhost" >> .config
     - sleep 10
     - cat .config
     - make install