diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 334062392ea3d03e8e5fd306eb2fbaaa6410fc51..89632f50371ab331ff14b8f136673a81ef6b8acf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
   GCP_TAG_REGEX: "^gcp-r[0-9]+_[0-9]+"
 #  TESTS_BRANCH_REGEX: "^master"
   # only run tests for branches in the main repository
-  TESTS_PROJECT_NAME: "cspp_geo/geosphere/geosphere-deploy"
+  TESTS_PROJECT_NAMESPACE: "cspp_geo/geosphere/geosphere-deploy"
   GEOSPHERE_NAMESPACE: "geosphere"
   GEOSPHERE_TEST_NAMESPACE: "geosphere-test"
   GCP_NAMESPACE: "default"
diff --git a/helpers/get_namespace.sh b/helpers/get_namespace.sh
index 9a9acc9c967c673fd60726159f1a5cf32af7cae3..c9858144323b26897f72bc453c363228a31f1adc 100755
--- a/helpers/get_namespace.sh
+++ b/helpers/get_namespace.sh
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ if [[ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]]; then
         debug "gcp tag matched"
         ns="${GCP_NAMESPACE}"
     fi
-elif [[ $CI_PROJECT_NAME =~ $TESTS_PROJECT_NAME ]]; then
-    debug "Tests project name matched"
+elif [[ $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE =~ $TESTS_PROJECT_NAMESPACE ]]; then
+    debug "Tests project namespace matched"
     ns="${TESTS_NAMESPACE}"
 else
-    debug "Could not determine namespace | $CI_COMMIT_TAG | $CI_PROJECT_NAME"
+    debug "Could not determine namespace | $CI_COMMIT_TAG | $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE"
 fi
 
 if [[ -z $ns ]]; then