diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d3c8e056586d47005e1d097aa773799c6f968bda..f11301d343f15c4bf356ce2d55c3544db132a177 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ cli_release:
     apt-get update -y
     apt-get install -y jq
 
+    cd cli
+
     RELEASE_TAG=${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-latest}
 
     CLI_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG} make release