diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 709d448..a4aecb1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         export CI_APPLICATION_REPOSITORY=${CI_APPLICATION_REPOSITORY:-$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}
         export CI_APPLICATION_TAG=${CI_APPLICATION_TAG:-$CI_COMMIT_TAG}
       fi
-    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
+    - echo "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" | docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY
 
 # these images depend on this repos image
 build:buildx-master: