diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1724868a92ad2096ac297eb5719ec98dd325074a..9fb3c3303b3d0ac0dfb14e1dff09428330ea3268 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stages:
 .before_script:
   before_script:
 
-      - BRANCH = "main"
+      - BRANCH="main"
       - echo "branch - " $BRANCH
       - PACKAGES_DIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/packages/"
       - echo "project dir - " $CI_PROJECT_DIR