diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 06ffbca..e270496 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ release:
     - git config --global user.name "GitLab CI"
     - git config --global user.email "ci@gitlab.com"
     # Use the PAT for authentication
-    - git remote set-url origin https://oauth2:${ACCESS_TOKEN}@gitlab.com/wintermyst/kidsonbrooms.git
+    - git remote set-url origin https://oauth2:$ACCESS_TOKEN@gitlab.com/wintermyst/kidsonbrooms.git
     - git fetch --unshallow    # Ensure we fetch all history for the branch (not a shallow clone)
     - git checkout master      # Switch to the master branch
     - git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master  # Set the upstream to the master branch