diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6d6d0776dc8b285e0457e7704b6cddb5b26ff8ca..ff0d7aeac902cd324093ef373418e6998e16333b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ prometheus-alerts:
     RESOURCE: "kube-prometheus-stack"
   script:
     - *debug_information
-    - export BASIC_AUTH_PW=$(python3 -m stackspin $HOSTNAME secrets | grep stackspin-prometheus-basic-auth | cut -d'=' -f2)
+    - export BASIC_AUTH_PW=$(python3 -m stackspin $HOSTNAME secrets | grep stackspin-prometheus-basic-auth | awk '{ print $4 }')
     - cd test/
     - bash ../.gitlab/ci_scripts/retry_cmd_until_success.sh 30 10 pytest -s -m prometheus
   extends: