diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 65a1e3aaf839842685c20311cf0571edc5f13a1e..e96fb92e6600604ba78c40dc5462169847c38cce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ release:
     - ls -al
     - git config user.name "$TECHUSER_NAME"
     - git config user.email "$TECHUSER_MAIL"
-    - git remote set-url --push origin "https://oauth2:${TECHUSER_ACCESS_TOKEN}@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ida-public/zellige-core.git/"
+    - git remote set-url --push origin https://oauth2:${TECHUSER_ACCESS_TOKEN}@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ida-public/zellige-core.git/
     - curl --fail https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/main/valid-semver-bump.sh  --output ../valid-semver-bump.sh
     - curl --fail https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/main/maven-helper.sh --output ../maven-helper.sh
     - curl --fail https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/main/release-version.sh --output ../release-version.sh