diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2671946b017772127a819c6bc948610bff03d7b6..52541c7b2491a37482f4f33d0a49ec8e66fe0e50 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ validate-job:   # This job runs in the test stage.
         - for file in *.xml; do xmllint  --noout --schema sigprops.xsd $file; done
 
 debianize-job:
-    stage:packaging
+    stage: packaging
     timeout: 30min
     tags:
     - "docker"