diff --git a/ci_geosphere/gitlab-ci.yaml b/ci_geosphere/gitlab-ci.yaml
index 4b1b7260cbec908ddbc8da325e9fc155cc660fbd..1e688f2b16dd810d4777c7a9a75de667c41ea02d 100644
--- a/ci_geosphere/gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/ci_geosphere/gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ gs deploy rabbit:
     - cp ${kubekorner_k3s_config} .
     - kubeconfig=$(basename ${kubekorner_k3s_config})
     - |-
-      kubectl get secret --kubeconfig "${kubeconfig}" geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq --namespace=geosphere -oyaml | grep -v '^\s*namespace:\s' | grep -v "[Hh]elm" | grep -v "[tT]ime" | grep -v "selfLink" | grep -v "uid" | grep -v "resourceVersion" | sed 's/ name: .*/ name: geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq-production/' | kubectl apply --kubeconfig "${kubeconfig}" --namespace=geosphere-test -f -
+      kubectl_noattach get secret --kubeconfig "${kubeconfig}" geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq --namespace=geosphere -oyaml | grep -v '^\s*namespace:\s' | grep -v "[Hh]elm" | grep -v "[tT]ime" | grep -v "selfLink" | grep -v "uid" | grep -v "resourceVersion" | sed 's/ name: .*/ name: geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq-production/' | kubectl_noattach apply --kubeconfig "${kubeconfig}" --namespace=geosphere-test -f -
   # this job doesn't actually need any artifacts from previous jobs
   dependencies: []
   rules:
diff --git a/helpers/shell_aliases.sh b/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
index 70fabf3072159b8184cca9108c710836400d3195..23b5d9500eab6b68eb0f6c09034b01f9d69c8136 100644
--- a/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
+++ b/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ kubectl() {
     docker run -a stdout --rm -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps alpine/k8s:1.18.2 kubectl "$@"
 }
 export -f kubectl
+
+kubectl_noattach() {
+    docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps alpine/k8s:1.18.2 kubectl "$@"
+}
+export -f kubectl_noattach