diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2503efe6158ef54ab2c96a0ad01f172af4cdec5e..441abbbb807ecdc3df2683f0d554c0314eb7fea9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ publish-pip:
   script:
   - pip install build twine
   - PACKAGE_VERSION="${CI_COMMIT_TAG#v}" python -m build
-  - TWINE_USERNAME="${GITLABPKGS_USERNAME}" TWINE_PASSWORD=="${GITLABPKGS_PASSWORD}" python -m twine upload --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi dist/*
-  - TWINE_USERNAME="${PYPI_USERNAME}" TWINE_PASSWORD=="${PYPI_PASSWORD}" python -m twine upload dist/*
+  - TWINE_USERNAME="${GITLABPKGS_USERNAME}" TWINE_PASSWORD="${GITLABPKGS_PASSWORD}" python -m twine upload --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi dist/*
+  - TWINE_USERNAME="${PYPI_USERNAME}" TWINE_PASSWORD="${PYPI_PASSWORD}" python -m twine upload dist/*
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /v[0-9]+[.][0-9]+[.][0-9]+.*/'