diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f41f0e30d5dac0737fbb042f548914f054e9e089..0756585d81517f48b9cb1bb9bad7dbf257e6945a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ build_image:
     - sed -i 's/\(\"--extra-vars\)/\"-vvv\", \1/' openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
     - sed -i 's/inventory_file.*/extra_arguments=[\"-vvv\"]/' openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
     - cat openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
-    - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/packer build openstack
+    - >
+      PKR_VAR_image_date_suffix=true PKR_VAR_image_name=ood $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/packer build openstack
 
 cleanup:
   when: always