diff --git a/pipelines/npm.gitlab-ci.yml b/pipelines/npm.gitlab-ci.yml
index f467cf9..65237fd 100644
--- a/pipelines/npm.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/pipelines/npm.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ include:
 
 variables:
   NODE_IMAGE: node:16.15-alpine
+  FRONTEND_BUILD_DIR: 'dist/'
 
 Dependencies-npm:
   extends: .npm-dependencies
diff --git a/templates/npm/npm-build.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/npm/npm-build.gitlab-ci.yml
index cc4c794..c960517 100644
--- a/templates/npm/npm-build.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/npm/npm-build.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-variables:
-  FRONTEND_BUILD_DIR: 'dist/'
-
 .npm-build:
   image: $NODE_IMAGE
   stage: build
+  variables:
+    FRONTEND_BUILD_DIR: 'dist/'
   before_script:
     - >
       if [ "$FRONTEND_DIR" != "" ]; then