diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cc7bf37048d5285d5a0f02f32531456e9548a9d2..ddc776328ba3d14d668bceda5971e0b28bb9e861 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ stages:
   - solution checker
 
 variables:
+  DUMUX_DOCKER_CI_BRANCH: master
   IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL: $CI_REGISTRY/dumux-repositories/dumux-docker-ci
   DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE: "2.9"
   REVEAL_THEME: "serif"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ variables:
 full-dune-latest-release-gcc:
   extends: .default-trigger
   variables:
-    IMAGE: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/full:dune-$DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE-gcc-ubuntu-22.04
+    IMAGE: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/${DUMUX_DOCKER_CI_BRANCH}_full:dune-$DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE-gcc-ubuntu-22.04
 
 pages:
   image: alpine:latest
@@ -64,6 +65,6 @@ pages:
 
 apply_patches:
   stage: solution checker
-  image: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/full:dune-$DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE-gcc-ubuntu-22.04
+  image: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/${DUMUX_DOCKER_CI_BRANCH}_full:dune-$DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE-gcc-ubuntu-22.04
   script:
     - sh .patches/apply_patches.sh