diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1d68b5f1df53345aa390a239b423ded79cd4fa90..02d32af05550ed5428f1d03091254f5e761dc62a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ test:
 publish to local npm:
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - echo '//it-devops-01:4873/:_authToken="${NPM_TOKEN}"'>.npmrc
+    - echo '//it-devops-01:4873/:_authToken="$NPM_TOKEN"'>.npmrc
     - cat .npmrc
     - npm publish --registry $NPM_REGISTRY