diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e2680420a21..52f20470a3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
       #CHROME_VERSION: "90.0.4430.212-1"
       # Bump Node heap size (OOM in CI after upgrading to Angular 15)
       NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=4096'
+      # Project name to use when running docker-compose prior to e2e tests
+      COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: 'ci'
     strategy:
       # Create a matrix of Node versions to test against (in parallel)
       matrix:
diff --git a/docker/cli.yml b/docker/cli.yml
index c2664fdf3e1..cc266b186f9 100644
--- a/docker/cli.yml
+++ b/docker/cli.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ version: "3.7"
 networks:
   # Default to using network named 'dspacenet' from docker-compose-rest.yml.
   # Its full name will be prepended with the project name (e.g. "-p d7" means it will be named "d7_dspacenet")
+  # If COMPOSITE_PROJECT_NAME is missing, default value will be "docker" (name of folder this file is in)
   default:
-    name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_dspacenet
+    name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:-docker}_dspacenet
     external: true
 services:
   dspace-cli: