diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 20ca716..9796f98 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [backend-tests, frontend-tests]
     env:
       SECRET_KEY: test-secret-key-for-ci-environment-32chars-minimum
+      GITEA_DB_PASSWORD: ${GITEA_DB_PASSWORD}
     container:
       network: gitea_gitea
       options: --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway --dns 192.168.31.1 --dns 8.8.8.8
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ jobs:
               -e DOCKER_HOST=tcp://docker-socket-proxy:2375 \
               -e GITEA_URL=http://gitea:3000 \
               -e GITEA_TOKEN=${GITEA_TOKEN} \
+              -e GITEA_DB_PASSWORD=${GITEA_DB_PASSWORD} \
               -e VOLUME_ROOT=/volume1 \
               -e SSH_HOST=host.docker.internal \
               -e SSH_USER=zjgump \