diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
index 1b4f7645ea444fbddc61b18b0c09f4c1849a2a13..f4ec00c241e6fcfb5443e88bc18280097a9f4b68 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ containerlab:deploy:integration:
   needs: ["containerlab:template:integration", "build-docker"]
   script:
     - sudo containerlab deploy --topo ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/${CLAB_NAME}.clab.yml --reconfigure
-    - CLAB_DEPLOYED = $?
+    - CLAB_DEPLOYED=$?
     - |
       echo -e "\
       GOSDN_HTTP_PORT=$(docker_host_port 8080 clab-${CLAB_NAME}-gosdn)\n\