diff --git a/buildsystem/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/buildsystem/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ecef325f67d981c74c24f615d7ae1145178b2531..9beb6f17bc842485a031903e5a0604f42147acdb 100644
--- a/buildsystem/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/buildsystem/gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ publish_libs:
       - job: "build-libs-x86_64"
     script:
         - mkdir -p $M2_REPO
+        - git config --global --add safe.directory $CI_PROJECT_DIR/libvlcjni
         - ./buildsystem/compile.sh --init -b
         - GRADLE_ABI=ALL RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false ./gradlew -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2_REPO -p libvlcjni publishToMavenLocal
         - GRADLE_ABI=ALL RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false ./gradlew -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2_REPO -p medialibrary publishToMavenLocal