diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2862bda6871aa4662e0b6864157facc91f28f5f0..667b3eada8859f39e29467d723e5d87d8547d209 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ packaging:
 
 release:
     stage: release
+    image: studip/release-cli
     cache: []
     rules:
         - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG