diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2229ec24a74d4d4475ef09d5edc43a1dbbcd6d17..c4539b080172c4e25d3255d6a5f927a041a54ecb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy:latest:
     - AVAILABLE_OPENTOFU_VERSIONS=$(yq -r '.spec.inputs.opentofu_version.options | filter((. | test("\$.*")) == false) | .[] | "- [`" + . + "`](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v" + . + ")"' templates/full-pipeline.yml)
     - export AVAILABLE_OPENTOFU_VERSIONS
     - AVAILABLE_IMAGES=$(cat image*.txt)
+    - export AVAILABLE_IMAGES
     - cat .gitlab/release-template.md | envsubst > release-notes.md 
 
 # create-release:dry-run: