diff --git a/lib/gitlab/qa/release.rb b/lib/gitlab/qa/release.rb
index 191f053529288b1df63c336313a6064be629109a..5561dd1de8307c4a48758ffa6e82d2c8dc1ad220 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/qa/release.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/qa/release.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
                    {
                      username: Runtime::Env.gitlab_dev_username,
-                     password: Runtime::Env.dev_access_token_variable,
+                     password: 'foo',
                      registry: DEV_REGISTRY
                    }
                  elsif omnibus_mirror? || omnibus_security?