diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b8cbe794a4dfa327bc0f1d1002726595d8b47662..a4cb2b18929d39d71c599b2ecba5402af1ade3a4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test-job:
   script:
     # make sure that Ansible Vaults are present and can be decrypted
     - echo "${VAULT_VALIDATORS}" > ../lza_validators.pass
-    - export ANSIBLE_VAULT_IDENTITY_LIST="../lza_validators.pass"
+    - export ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE="../lza_validators.pass"
     - rm -rf ../ansible_vaults/
     - git clone https://gitlab+deploy-token-25:${VAULT_ACCESS_TOKEN}@git.slub-dresden.de/slub-referat-2-3/ansible_vaults.git ../ansible_vaults/;
     # - for FILE in $( find /home/gitlab-runner/builds/ -name "lza_validators.pass" ); do ls -l $FILE; done