diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4d19052f33d8004ee744a85e7d1d0a71c990b05b..64b9751f28bb888c72d42661c9071e11972e889a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 stages:
   - get chart
   - build prereqs
-  - push rabbit
+  - deploy rabbit
   - deploy storage
   - deploy GRB
   - deploy G2G
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ get_chart_grb:
     SUBCOMP_CHART_DIR: "cspp-geo-grb"
 
 
-push_prod_rabbit:
+deploy_prod_rabbit:
   extends: .helm_based_job
-  stage: push rabbit
+  stage: deploy rabbit
   script:
     - if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
         ns="geosphere";
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ push_prod_rabbit:
     - kubeconfig=$(basename $kubekorner_k3s_config)
     # install third-party rabbitmq server
     - helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-    - helm install --namespace $ns geosphere-rabbit bitnami/rabbitmq
+    - helm upgrade -v 2 --install --kubeconfig $kubeconfig --namespace $ns geosphere-rabbit bitnami/rabbitmq
   rules:
     - if: '$kubekorner_k3s_config == ""'
       when: never