diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0131e5070be158de08e7f5d4caae213096528c1c..e131f552fb46449b0e0d778f81fb42a1e1ecdac4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ commitpkg:
   stage: deploy
   script:
     - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-    - trap 'kill $SSH_AGENT_PID' 0
+    # - trap "kill $SSH_AGENT_PID" 0
+    # trap is broken in gitlab runner, see:
+    # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/issues/3009
+    # use a workaournd with sleep and kill:
+    - sleep 300 && kill "$SSH_AGENT_PID" & disown
     - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
     - seblu-push
   only: