diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b40025f..8df23ae 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     docker:
       - image: circleci/python:3.7
+    environment:
+      SYSLOG: "syslog-ng-3.25.1"
     steps:
       - setup_remote_docker:
           docker_layer_caching: true