diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index 0da7e47cfb60c07aff9487ef98d1873e6d62c944..6fe14d5be9c30f796854f83b200b2cb792f8f6c9 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ stages:
     then
       log_info "Using custom Gitleaks rules from project (\\e[33;1m.gitleaks.toml\\e[0m)"
       cp .gitleaks.toml ./gitleaks/rules.toml
-      export gitleaks_rule_opts="--config-path=./gitleaks/rules.toml"
+      export gitleaks_rule_opts="--config ./gitleaks/rules.toml"
     elif [[ "$GITLEAKS_RULES" ]]
     then
       log_info "Using Gitleaks rules from env (\\e[33;1m\$GITLEAKS_RULES\\e[0m)"
       echo "$GITLEAKS_RULES" > ./gitleaks/rules.toml
-      export gitleaks_rule_opts="--config-path=./gitleaks/rules.toml"
+      export gitleaks_rule_opts="--config ./gitleaks/rules.toml"
     else
       log_info "No Gitleaks rules found: use default"
     fi