diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c7b5f592f941c24c782b939bbc3ba9036bf392b8..b12f8d1a0a8218e58374d272bc04501cd51eb389 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Publish to Docker Hub:
     - docker build
       --build-arg=IMAGE_CREATED="$(date --utc -Iseconds)"
       --build-arg=IMAGE_REVISION="$(git show --pretty=oneline | tac | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')"
+      --build-arg=IMAGE_AUTHOR="${IMAGE_AUTHOR}"
       --tag $IMAGE_NAMESPACE/sonar-scanner-flutter-cli:latest .
     - docker push $IMAGE_NAMESPACE/sonar-scanner-flutter-cli:latest
   when: manual