diff --git a/base/docker.yml b/base/docker.yml
index 27fa328aa43433a51fbe861a4661d1d76fbf1f94..d4e59b6de2884884b732a436a4bcfbcf704ddcb0 100644
--- a/base/docker.yml
+++ b/base/docker.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ image: docker:19.03
     - docker push $IMAGE_COMMIT
 
 .docker_release:
+  variables: 
+    NEW_IMAGE: NEW_IMAGE
   script:
     - docker pull $IMAGE_COMMIT
     - docker tag $IMAGE_COMMIT $NEW_IMAGE
diff --git a/mixins/deploy/gcp-k8s-deploy.yml b/mixins/deploy/gcp-k8s-deploy.yml
index 593867ecacfd5d9d1bc48cadf140d37de37c6335..0e2c966085542a9aa91bd197e41a5667bd9bd0ac 100644
--- a/mixins/deploy/gcp-k8s-deploy.yml
+++ b/mixins/deploy/gcp-k8s-deploy.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ include:
   extends: .gcp_k8s_auth
   stage: deploy
   variables: 
+    APP: APP_TO_DEPLOY
+    OVERLAY: OVERLAY_TO_DEPLOY
     OLD_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
     NEW_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA
   script:
diff --git a/mixins/test/gcp-k8s-diff.yml b/mixins/test/gcp-k8s-diff.yml
index 95e5132dcd75db591169b0da8d490c44e0c392b8..4f151ab030572f79c090809f331a554a8a498667 100644
--- a/mixins/test/gcp-k8s-diff.yml
+++ b/mixins/test/gcp-k8s-diff.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include:
 
 # This CI template consists of two parts: 
 #   - Auth
-#   - Diff test 
+#   - K8s test
 
 # [[ AUTH ]] - authenticates against a GCP cluster 
 # - ZONE - GCP cluster zone (e.g. us-east1-b)
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ include:
 
 .gcp_k8s_diff: 
   extends: .gcp_k8s_auth
+  variables:
+    APP: APP_TO_TEST
+    OVERLAY: OVERLAY_TO_TEST
   script:
     - cd k8s/$APP/overlays/$OVERLAY/
     - |