diff --git a/templates/release-mr.yml b/templates/release-mr.yml
index 8cf017d2d6a8e74732b8b4d220e7b99efb74adb0..fbe008fc66bf4a21a1501ad22e50a2b114545bfe 100644
--- a/templates/release-mr.yml
+++ b/templates/release-mr.yml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ release_mr:
     - |
       gitlab project-merge-request update \
         --project-id ${CI_PROJECT_ID} \
-        --mr-iid ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID} \
+        --iid ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID} \
         --description "${DESCRIPTION}"