diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4696a114fed01ea61b93cdd2f04c35459dfa9230..d6119a9df2422c094a709e823a9c021eda5de3aa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ stages:
     - make clean
     - make -j CLANG=$CLANG_NUM
     - if [[ $CLANG_NUM == 3 ]]; then export UBSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=scripts/ubsan.supp,report_error_type=1"; fi
-    - testcase_timeout=TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_STV
+    - testcase_timeout=$TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_STV
     - python3 -m pytest $SHORT_TEST_SUITE -v --tb=no --update_ref 1 -m create_ref --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod_ref --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec
   artifacts:
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA--results"