diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index da6612759b89b2bd8005635ccb7df1b2d613af8b..386c3487bf171691175984fec3796dca55a271d7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ package-debian-job:
     - ARCHITECTURE="all"
     - VERSION="${VERAPDF_VERSION}"
     # create build dir structure
-    - DEB_BUILD_DIR="verapdf_${VERAPDF_VERSION}-${REVISION}_${ARCHITECTURE}"
+    - DEB_BUILD_DIR="verapdf_${VERSION}-${REVISION}_${ARCHITECTURE}"
     - mkdir -p ${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN
     # copy project files to be packaged
     - mkdir -p "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/${INSTALL_PATH_VERAPDF_DEB}"