diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c9ecef5cef0a5a38b68e32150dda7ac725849e49..bf275ed8f16e04f8c0e46301226dfb13915b2e0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ variables:
   OSDU_GCP_APPLICATION_NAME: os-partition
   OSDU_GCP_ENV_VARS: AUTHORIZE_API=$OSDU_GCP_AUTHORIZE_API,GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=$OSDU_GCP_PROJECT
   MAVEN_PROJECTS: "-pl partition-core,provider/partition-gcp"
+  OSDU_GCP_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/$OSDU_GCP_SERVICE-test-$OSDU_GCP_VENDOR
 
 include:
   - project: "osdu/platform/ci-cd-pipelines"