diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4d534e29bb3ed5100a6317ceea7d083672b6120b..6042953e9eeb54107a53ee61805dd45d1315972c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ setup:
 test:
   stage: test
   image: $DOCKER_IMAGE
-  coverage: "^total:\s+\(statements\)\s+\d+\.\d+\%$"
+  coverage: '/^total:\s+\(statements\)\s+\d+\.\d+\%$/'
   script:
     - mkdir -p testdata