diff --git a/.nvidia-ci.yml b/.nvidia-ci.yml
index 6b4e5e56..5f52749d 100644
--- a/.nvidia-ci.yml
+++ b/.nvidia-ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
   # Release "devel"-tagged images off the master branch
   RELEASE_DEVEL_BRANCH: "master"
-  RELEASE_DEVEL_TAG: "devel"
+  DEVEL_RELEASE_IMAGE_VERSION: "devel"
   # On the multi-arch builder we don't need the qemu setup.
   SKIP_QEMU_SETUP: "1"
 
diff --git a/build/container/Makefile b/build/container/Makefile
index da1576c7..065ce6dd 100644
--- a/build/container/Makefile
+++ b/build/container/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ $(PUSH_TARGETS): push-%:
 
 # For the default push target we also push a short tag equal to the version.
 # We skip this for the development release
-RELEASE_DEVEL_TAG ?= devel
-ifneq ($(strip $(VERSION)),$(RELEASE_DEVEL_TAG))
+DEVEL_RELEASE_IMAGE_VERSION ?= devel
+ifneq ($(strip $(VERSION)),$(DEVEL_RELEASE_IMAGE_VERSION))
 push-$(DEFAULT_PUSH_TARGET): push-short
 endif
 push-short: