diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 828c14417102bdda48ab3d0ca2d1c92e8989b6a5..f07af1c634d771cff9886137397aeefc79aa7516 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ Test Dependency Checker dependency_check:
     policy: pull
   variables:
     DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OUT_DIR: /tmp/dependency_check_results
+    SRC_DIR: t/dependency-check/simple-app/
   before_script:
-    - t/dependency-check/simple-app/
+    - cd t/dependency-check/simple-app/
     - ls -alr
   tags:
     - docker