diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 21e064dcf3277627af33d816ff0c14177bc4356d..367411596b0f15e215d702853e7fd7e5bb2aee3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL: $CI_REGISTRY/dumux-repositories/dumux-docker-ci
+  DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE: "2.8"
 
 # rules for the default triggers:
 # - pipelines are triggered for merge requests and external triggers (e.g. nightly build in dumux)
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ variables:
     DUMUX_TRIGGER_COMMIT_SHA: $DUMUX_COMMIT_SHA
     DUMUX_TRIGGER_REF_SHA: $DUMUX_REFERENCE_SHA
 
-full-dune-2.7-gcc:
+full-dune-latest-release-gcc:
   extends: .default-trigger
   variables:
-    IMAGE: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/full:dune-2.7-gcc-ubuntu-20.04
+    IMAGE: $IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL/full:dune-$DUMUX_CI_DUNE_LATEST_RELEASE-gcc-ubuntu-20.04