diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 137c26d7dae..8ca93f5f355 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ cloud-native-image:
   cache: {}
   script:
     - gem install gitlab --no-ri --no-rdoc
-    - ./scripts/trigger-build cng
+    - BUILD_TRIGGER_TOKEN=$CI_JOB_TOKEN scripts/trigger-build cng
   only:
     - tags@gitlab-org/gitlab-ce
     - tags@gitlab-org/gitlab-ee