diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7eeaaeafea32f84c3550d52a61bd4d0c73c017c3..1e54f4c213acfb9f2b67e01b2ad38b64171c31c0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #
 
 variables:
-  DEPLOY_REF: dev
+  # TODO rename: set back to "dev"
+  DEPLOY_REF: f-linkahead-rename
   # TODO Rename to LinkAhead
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-mysqlbackend/testenv:latest
   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: caosdb1234