diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 33671dd3f90286726900d07ed5b8fcdcba3830d4..e59faeaeb84058f1800682fc0273d83bd155dda5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ Build/Publish Data Images:
             DATA/${data}.nc;
         docker build \
             --build-arg netcdf_file="DATA/${data}.nc" \
+            --build-arg ssh_private_key="${SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}" \
             -t ${INTERNAL_IMAGE_NAME} .;
         rm DATA/${data}.nc
         docker push ${INTERNAL_IMAGE_NAME};