diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 74e289d02dcd6abb366446a2690c9f54657f8c54..75300e8e9762fb0a98640c7e659b465d41d6aed4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ before_script:
 
 build:
   stage: build
-  script: ./gradlew -i setupDecompWorkspace && ./gradlew build -Pmaven_pass=MAVEN_PASS
+  script: ./gradlew -i setupDecompWorkspace && ./gradlew build -Pmaven_pass="$MAVEN_PASS"
   cache:
     key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
     policy: push