diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6797e8f509a57c5af6a13686f4ae8037cbec5a4a..4d5ad4765536621ff37984b4cdbcc35a151e6f90 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ deploy_mail:
     VMINE_TAG: mail
     TEST_NAME: mail
 
+deploy_mail_trixie:
+  <<: *mail_rules_template
+  extends: [.deploy_template]
+  environment:
+    on_stop: stop_deploy_mail
+  variables:
+    VMINE_TAG: mail-trixie
+    TEST_NAME: mail-trixie
+    VM_IMAGE: trixie
+    CREATE_ENV_VARS: "-e config.float_debian_dist=trixie"
+
 run_mail:
   <<: *mail_rules_template
   extends: [.run_template]
diff --git a/test/mkenv b/test/mkenv
index f543a5928727d8478fa07beb95113994d72cd549..8b083798296771ed7c0aac49ccf08912af222f63 100755
--- a/test/mkenv
+++ b/test/mkenv
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ done
     --additional-config="${test_dir}/config.override.yml" \
     --roles-path="${config_dir}/roles" \
     --num-hosts=3 \
-    -e config.float_debian_dist=bookworm \
     -e config.docker_registry_url=${REGISTRY_URL:-https://registry.git.autistici.org} \
     -e config.docker_registry_username=${REGISTRY_USERNAME:-docker-registry-client} \
     -e config.docker_registry_password=${REGISTRY_PASSWORD:-} \