diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dde3c9331f4ce65e3f3f64c9a26ac76033939b6c..6fbde53ee50b06c4b46d6cbb35aefe753122cf6e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stages:
       --values deploy/meilisearch/values.yaml
       --values deploy/meilisearch/values.${ENV:-development}.yaml
     # wait for it to start
-    - MEILI_POD=$(kubectl -n=${NAMESPACE} get po -l app.kubernetes.io\/instance=${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG},app=backend --output jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+    - MEILI_POD=$(kubectl -n=${NAMESPACE} get po -l app.kubernetes.io\/instance=${CI_PROJECT_NAME}-${CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME}-meilisearch,app.kubernetes.io\/name=meilisearch --output jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
     - |
       until kubectl -n=${NAMESPACE} wait --for=condition=ready pod ${MEILI_POD} --timeout=1s
       do