diff --git a/src/integration_tester/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/integration_tester/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1158ededec904f136175c92f7d18475cb4f0e8e7..19bee8608bda499483b6c5dfff46bc0218e109a7 100644
--- a/src/integration_tester/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/integration_tester/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ integration_test integration_tester:
   script:
     - kubectl version
     - kubectl get all
-    - kubectl run $IMAGE_NAME --image "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" --restart=Never --rm -i --tty
+    - kubectl run $(echo $IMAGE_NAME | sed -r 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]/-/g') --image "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" --restart=Never --rm -i --tty
     - kubectl get all
   when: manual
   allow_failure: false