diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 12374e4ae199a3617a8bc5e0acf31052b8331170..696a9214cffd0987af25e75f6499e40c12a44e0d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+variables:
+    CUCUMBER_TAG:
+        value: "test"
+        description: "This determines which test will be runned. Valid options are - 'cache', 'policy', 'signer', 'task', 'negative'."
+
 stages:
   - test
 
@@ -12,10 +17,6 @@ cache:
     - .gradle/caches
 
 test:
-  variables:
-  CUCUMBER_TAG:
-    value: "tsa"
-    description: "This determines which test will be runned. Valid options are - 'cache', 'policy', 'signer', 'task', 'negative'.
   stage: test
   image: gradle:7.4.1-jdk17
   tags: