diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 38e6a61b04c8854ea406414358aa6f66df19f444..c366c115daed40b0844c808274bfde84527c4329 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ upload-to-pypi:
   variables:
     PRIVATE_REGISTRY_API_URL: "https://pypi.org"
     TWINE_PASSWORD: "${PYPI_TOKEN_PASSWORD}"
-    TWINE_USERNAME: "__token__"
+    TWINE_USERNAME: "${PYPI_USERNAME}"
   before_script:
     - >
       if [[ -z "$TWINE_PASSWORD" ]]; then