diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9250416d17f297d7afb9fba4ec6d88ae136805be..3be7c78a8154915d9170d1c9ae7ed2e5a3a8b0c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ build-and-test-jammy:
 downstream:
   stage: downstream
 
-  variable:
+  variables:
     TODO_ENV_VARIABLE: "This variable will be available to the CI pipeline of ArmarXCore."
 
   trigger: