diff --git a/rails/gitlab-ci.yml b/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
index 5d6d8398d4f4c11cb5cc00987ff8d92c8f582176..bd9d1e5a29bd0ca00d619d944effce04fbf58e7b 100644
--- a/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+variables:
+  RAILS_ENV: test
+
 set_ruby_version:
   stage: build
   script: