diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 1e04d663bf34d200be775d8a04e5028486a19d96..28cbaabbabdf077e4ecd4471db51838dc0be6435 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ py-publish:
   extends: .python-base
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - py_publish $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+    - py_publish
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - $PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR/dist/*