diff --git a/bin/ci/gitlab_gql.py b/bin/ci/gitlab_gql.py
index a5fd27efa8d..82002c7b2a5 100755
--- a/bin/ci/gitlab_gql.py
+++ b/bin/ci/gitlab_gql.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def parse_args() -> Namespace:
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    args.gitlab_token = Path(args.gitlab_token_file).read_text()
+    args.gitlab_token = Path(args.gitlab_token_file).read_text().strip()
     return args