diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 883633b6c75884484afe60dd17595faf94e5d306..d3c76f5eb46c4615fdea4ec138b458002758268e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -169,12 +169,14 @@ stages:
 deploy-staging:
   image: docker.io/alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION}
   stage: deploy
+  variables:
+    KUBECONFIG: ./kubecfg
   environment:
     name: staging/datalab
     url: ${CI_ENV_STAGING_URL}
   before_script:
     - apk add --no-cache helm kubectl
-    - echo ${CI_K8S_CONFIG} | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
+    - echo ${CI_K8S_CONFIG} | base64 -d > ./kubecfg
     - helm dependency update ./helm/seaweedfs
     - helm package ./helm/seaweedfs --destination ./build
     - helm dependency update ./helm/dbrepo