diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 748942af278..444ec711974 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   REPO_LANG: python # "python" is used everywhere rather than "py"
+  REPO_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL: "#apm-python-release"
   # CI_DEBUG_SERVICES: "true"
 
 default: