diff --git a/apps/base/gitlab-runner/pod-cleanup.yaml b/apps/base/gitlab-runner/pod-cleanup.yaml
index f1102cd8c239536a97de046150dc897f1ea1bf9c..e642047f20afb060630f5a4d47be87497f72ceea 100644
--- a/apps/base/gitlab-runner/pod-cleanup.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/gitlab-runner/pod-cleanup.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: gitlab-runner-pod-cleanup
         image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/gitlab-runner-pod-cleanup:latest
+        env:
+          - name: POD_CLEANUP_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACES
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                apiVersion: v1
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m