diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c4ef20c593a4ca1a0fc88b96bb1b65616951f748..6176d17d326419af4b67edd210e6004d7d80dc9c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ build_docker:
   image: 'europe-north1-docker.pkg.dev/holi-shared/docker-hub-remote/docker:27'
   stage: "build"
   services:
-    - 'europe-north1-docker.pkg.dev/holi-shared/docker-hub-remote/docker:27-dind'
+    - name: 'europe-north1-docker.pkg.dev/holi-shared/docker-hub-remote/docker:27-dind'
+      alias: 'docker'
   variables:
     # this could be fetched via terraform output ("gcr_location" in infra project), but then we would need an extra job for terraform
     ARTIFACT_IMAGE: 'europe-north1-docker.pkg.dev/holi-shared/docker/holi-chat-server'