diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6bf1f1a7de16390bed5542bbfde4aaa85853fd4d..9d2710e16cc9d5775b3c5f5c47f1d0f006c6bb19 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   CONTAINER_RELEASE_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
+  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375
+  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
+
 
 build:
   stage: build