diff --git a/act/exprparser/interpreter.go b/act/exprparser/interpreter.go
index ef3e8e11..3f7e9b67 100644
--- a/act/exprparser/interpreter.go
+++ b/act/exprparser/interpreter.go
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ func (impl *interperterImpl) evaluateVariable(variableNode *actionlint.VariableN
 	switch strings.ToLower(variableNode.Name) {
 	case "github":
 		return impl.env.Github, nil
+	case "gitea": // compatible with Gitea
+		return impl.env.Github, nil
 	case "env":
 		return impl.env.Env, nil
 	case "job":