diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8fefa0e785ba06d8a80425d9942bad214a94731b..63ca562b1f132d270d951491ad165827b686c235 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ variables:
   AZURE_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/notification-azure
   AZURE_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/notification-test-azure
   AZURE_DEPLOYMENTS_SUBDIR: deployments/scripts/azure
+  ENVIRONMENT: dev
 
   IBM_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/notification-ibm
   IBM_INT_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/notification-test-ibm