diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fc1c4fbd3132256f112a4247e49c0b6fdd5e78f6..2011564e644583a375a60d38984830d471da6189 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   TEST_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/test-image
-  TEST_IMAGE_WORKDIR: "/app/"
+  TEST_IMAGE_WORKDIR: "/app"
   # this line essentially disables TLS
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""