diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3107c4965f..c7e997a29c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ pylint:
       artifacts: true
   script:
     - *configure
-    - PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/python"
+    - export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/python"
     - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc $(git ls-files '*.py' | grep -vE '(ans\.py|dangerfile\.py|^bin/tests/system/)')
       # Ignore Pylint wrong-import-position error in system test to enable use of pytest.importorskip
     - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc --disable=wrong-import-position $(git ls-files 'bin/tests/system/*.py' | grep -vE 'ans\.py')