diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d1deab6a44de008839553a15b550000416d1163a..41aee3e2a98c7e276c30b014355257e9a2f8b5f9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ trigger_build:
 
   trigger:
     project: caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy
-    branch: $DEPLOY_REF
+    # branch: $DEPLOY_REF
+    branch: f-trigger-strategy
     strategy: depend
 
 # Build the sphinx documentation and make it ready for deployment by Gitlab Pages