diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb51d18a84a9fadd2ee9daee60c2fff3f24ff4a5..00f99b080c143cc74960b5dac6043e54e38e9b5e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ build-and-test:
     - export EVALHYD_PYTHON_VENDOR_XTENSOR_PYTHON=FALSE
     # vendor evalhyd (while waiting for evalhyd to be uploaded to conda-forge)
     - micromamba install --yes -c conda-forge git
-    - export EVALHYD_PYTHON_VENDOR_EVALHYD=TRUE
+    - export EVALHYD_PYTHON_VENDOR_EVALHYD_CPP=TRUE
     # print Python version
     - python --version
     # compile and install package