diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 442a7ed2d24df68d43491d169a4fc2ad92d9ac63..ad090e086df557ee02ade271e7a4257c7c76f2ce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ test:
           CAOSDB_TAG=main ;
         elif [ "$F_BRANCH" == "dev" ] ; then
           CAOSDB_TAG=dev ;
+        elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" == "main" ] ; then
+          CAOSDB_TAG=main ;
         else
           CAOSDB_TAG="${DEFAULT_CAOSDB_TAG}" ;
         fi;