diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c97acd1628e7816e70d7791d5702f4dcf4680c42..7733d0b061542a85d97cec85016c381c89d25ef5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ default:
       fi
     - "[ $DOCKERFILE ] && KANIKO_DOCKERFILE=\"--dockerfile $DOCKERFILE\""
     - /kaniko/executor --context `pwd`/$CONTEXT $KANIKO_DOCKERFILE $KANIKO_D
-    - echo "PUBLISHED_IMAGE_TAG=${CI_COMMIT_TAG-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}" >> build.env
+    - echo "PUBLISHED_IMAGE_TAG=${CI_COMMIT_TAG-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}" >> $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build.env
   artifacts:
     reports:
       dotenv: build.env