diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
index 15c21cfd89cc3ff4069326d9a01ea9ff8df4fe17..a1248633f7fc915e38e44c96f634cbe61e8444fe 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
@@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ def nightlies(ctx, order, dry_run):
         else:
           packages.append((line, 'master'))
 
+  token = os.environ['CI_JOB_TOKEN']
+
   import git
   from .rebuild import rebuild
   from urllib.request import urlopen