diff --git a/cve-agency-manager/cve_tracking/util/gitlab_api.py b/cve-agency-manager/cve_tracking/util/gitlab_api.py
index a127e8a63741bc46079e6a965818bf00e4b9ad03..5fcc2d5fcca0e767565b27748042cbd43cc69fad 100644
--- a/cve-agency-manager/cve_tracking/util/gitlab_api.py
+++ b/cve-agency-manager/cve_tracking/util/gitlab_api.py
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ class Gitlab(Api):
     host = "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        if not settings.token(name="gitlab") and not os.getenv("GITLAB-TOKEN", None):
+        if not settings.token(name="gitlab") and not os.getenv("GITLAB_TOKEN", None):
             raise ConfigNotFoundError(
-                "Please set the 'GITLAB-TOKEN' environment variable for gitlab."
+                "Please set the 'GITLAB_TOKEN' environment variable for gitlab."
             )
         super(Gitlab, self).__init__()
 
     @property
     def _headers(self):
-        return {"PRIVATE-TOKEN": os.getenv("GITLAB-TOKEN", settings.token('gitlab'))}
+        return {"PRIVATE-TOKEN": os.getenv("GITLAB_TOKEN", settings.token('gitlab'))}
 
     async def get_commit_comments(self, commit_sha):
         """