diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release-environments/security.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release-environments/security.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7127d12c45ecc553ebd34eb2b2ef1e23b7dbdab0..a9bc243d495b30a11b3794c265d458816dce1217 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/release-environments/security.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release-environments/security.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ release-environments-qa:
     QA_SCENARIO: "Test::Instance::Smoke"
     RELEASE: "${CI_REGISTRY}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/gitlab-ee-qa:${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
     GITLAB_QA_OPTS: --address "https://gitlab.${ENVIRONMENT}.release.gke.gitlab.net"
-    GITLAB_INITIAL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "${RELEASE_ENVIRONMENTS_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
+    GITLAB_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "${RELEASE_ENVIRONMENTS_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
     QA_PRAEFECT_REPOSITORY_STORAGE: "default"
     SIGNUP_DISABLED: "true"
   before_script: