diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2a03644fdbec9a6cc67a38fd1f6d23865f9a026..6d5a5f31f18bcf566d250ca14833b2244c9e85a5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Trigger AWS Deployment:
       curl --request POST \
         --form token=${NSHMP_CDK_TRIGGER_TOKEN} \
         --form ref=${REF} \
-        --form "variables[description]=Triggered by nshmp-ws" \
+        --form "variables[TRIGGER_DESCRIPTION]=Deploy nshmp-ws to ${ENVIRONMENT}" \
         --form "variables[ENVIRONMENT]=${ENVIRONMENT}" \
         --form "variables[NSHMP_WS_IMAGE]=${IMAGE_NAME}" \
         --form "variables[SOURCE_PROJECT_NAME]=${CI_PROJECT_NAME}" \