diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1832609c0859628913e5dfb2cfbcaf6e9d31b8f8..28b16d723af623737641f1d6a970899b7dde41ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ tf-apply:
     - export instance_id=$(terraform output -raw xdmod_instance_id)
     - echo "instance_floating_ip=${instance_floating_ip}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
     - echo "instance_id=${instance_id}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
+    - echo "prod_instance_id=${prod_instance_id}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
   artifacts:
     reports:
       dotenv: vars.env