diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 92b668c01740c3069d0fd8be54f8464609ad46f0..a6e3102212a11c52555979b414a49583269397af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ check-pipeline-status:
       when: always
   script:
     - |
-      if ! python3 .gitlab-ci/getpipelineinfo.py --access-token $CI_JOB_TOKEN \
+      if ! python3 .gitlab-ci/getpipelineinfo.py --access-token $CI_JOB_API_READ_TOKEN \
                                                  --look-for HEAD \
                                                  --print-format pipeline-id; then
           echo "No successful pipeline found. Triggering new pipeline..."
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/default.yml b/.gitlab-ci/default.yml
index 9d3183db81e3984fcf434a929f68fb3077a99024..10b252cd1f76133a3b2df99d62c17882f99708cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/default.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/default.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ select tests:
     - |
       getLastSuccesful() {
           python3 .gitlab-ci/getpipelineinfo.py \
-                      --access-token $CI_JOB_TOKEN \
+                      --access-token $CI_JOB_API_READ_TOKEN \
                       --look-for latest \
                       --print-format commit-sha
       }