diff --git a/ci_gcp/gitlab-ci.yaml b/ci_gcp/gitlab-ci.yaml
index a4112a2c885ab6caa1ffcea9cf42c4c978010f14..4127322a0d081940061114eef00df7ce05eb50ff 100644
--- a/ci_gcp/gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/ci_gcp/gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ gstest deploy client:
     - echo $HOME
     - ls ~/.kube || echo "Nope"
     - ls ~/.config || echo "Nope"
-    - helm list
+    - helm list --kubeconfig /root/.kube/config
     # namespace names are the same as domain names
-    - helm_for_gcp upgrade -v 2 --install --namespace $ns -f values-client.yaml geosphere-client geosphere-client/
+    - helm_for_gcp upgrade -v 2 --kubeconfig /root/.kube/config --install --namespace $ns -f values-client.yaml geosphere-client geosphere-client/
   dependencies:
     - get_chart_client_test
   rules:
diff --git a/helpers/shell_aliases.sh b/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
index e3d29f1e8eb3e0020239e05dc9ee062707b59afd..f5ce375f5c9d0b2302b9dd12bfd6afcf12360ef9 100644
--- a/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
+++ b/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ helm() {
 export -f helm
 
 helm_for_gcp() {
-  docker run -t --rm -e HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI="$HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI" -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps -v ~/.kube:/root/.kube -v ~/.helm:/root/.helm -v ~/.config:/root/.config -v ~/.cache:/root/.cache alpine/helm:3.2.3 "$@"
+  docker run -t --rm -e HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI="$HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI" -e KUBECONFIG="/root/.kube/config" -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps -v ~/.kube:/root/.kube -v ~/.helm:/root/.helm -v ~/.config:/root/.config -v ~/.cache:/root/.cache alpine/helm:3.2.3 "$@"
 }
 export -f helm_for_gcp