diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/tooling.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/tooling.sh
index f463636f82..27cefbace3 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/tooling.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/tooling.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ google_cloud_auth() {
 
     gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file ${keyFile} 2> /dev/null
 
-    export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${secretFileLocation}
+    export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${keyFile}
 }
 
 retry() {