diff --git a/.gitlab/config/SpackCIBridge.py b/.gitlab/config/SpackCIBridge.py
index 63308a87b5..7ca58e9894 100755
--- a/.gitlab/config/SpackCIBridge.py
+++ b/.gitlab/config/SpackCIBridge.py
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ def sync(self):
     parser.add_argument("gitlab_project", help="GitLab project (org/repo or user/repo)")
     parser.add_argument("--disable-status-post", action="store_true", default=False,
                         help="Do not post pipeline status to each GitHub PR")
-    parser.add_argument("--status-context", action="store_true", default="External Gitlab pipeline",
+    parser.add_argument("--status-context", type=str, default="External Gitlab pipeline",
                         help="The name of the status in the github status check")
     parser.add_argument("--sync-draft-prs", action="store_true", default=False,
                         help="Copy draft PRs from GitHub to GitLab")