diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ab6da0a..c2821eb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ steps:
   - name: release
     image: marcoieni/release-plz:0.3.16
     commands:
-      - release-plz release-pr --git-token $GITEA_TOKEN --backend gitea
+      - release-plz release-pr --git-token "$GIT_TOKEN" --backend gitea
     environments:
-      GITEA_TOKEN:
+      GIT_TOKEN:
         from_secret: gitea_token
     when:
       branch: