diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c977372a658e11c89b9aad076f08a4cb45bd4ea3..b5d1d426a4e0a4dfab513fc78830b0914436d730 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL: $CI_REGISTRY/dumux-repositories/dumux-docker-ci
-  DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE: "2.8"
+  DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE: "2.9"
 
 # for commits happening on master, we check if there was a successful
 # pipeline on a related merge request already. If yes, we simply return
 # to propagate that pipeline status on master. Otherwise, we trigger a new run.
 check-pipeline-status:
-  image: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/full:dune-2.8-gcc-ubuntu-20.04
+  image: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/full:dune-2.9-gcc-ubuntu-20.04
   stage: check-status
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ check-pipeline-status:
     MR_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME
     DUMUX_MR_SOURCE_BRANCH: $DUMUX_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH
     DUMUX_MR_SOURCE_PROJECT_URL: $DUMUX_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_URL
-    DUMUX_MR_SOURCE_PROJECT_PATH: $DUMUX_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_PATH
     DUMUX_MR_TARGET_BRANCH: $DUMUX_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH
     DUMUX_TRIGGER_COMMIT_SHA: $DUMUX_COMMIT_SHA
     DUMUX_TRIGGER_REF_SHA: $DUMUX_REFERENCE_SHA