diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6aadde8a1aa4fb0a7c1988aca5d95e7bfeebdcf8..303029d7d0620b6dd020670deb5aa6c69baacafe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ variables:
   TRIGGERED_BY_HASH: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
 
   # The defalt branch to use with caosdb-cpplib
-  CPP_DEFAULT_BRANCH: f-extern-c
+  CPP_DEFAULT_BRANCH: dev
 
 image: $JULIALIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE