diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5318106e2d67a2cc3697c849ab50037e399715b9..da6612759b89b2bd8005635ccb7df1b2d613af8b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ package-debian-job:
     - ln -s "${INSTALL_PATH_VERAPDF_DEB}/verapdf-gui" "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/usr/local/bin/verapdf-gui"
     # create deb control file from template
     - sed "s#VERSION_PLACEHOLDER#${VERSION}-${REVISION}#g" gitlab-ci/verapdf.control > "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN/control"
-    - sed -i "s#ARCHITECTURE_PLACEHOLDER#${ARCHITECTURE_PLACEHOLDER}#g" "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN/control"
+    - sed -i "s#ARCHITECTURE_PLACEHOLDER#${ARCHITECTURE}#g" "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN/control"
     # add checksums
     - pushd ${DEB_BUILD_DIR}
     - find * -type f -not -path 'DEBIAN/*' -exec md5sum \{\} \; | sort -k2 > DEBIAN/md5sums