diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2aef8ba8fb382cdcd617b1305ba316e51fbc922d..247e34a21be25edf659733fc62e6d6c56214d159 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ test:
     - if [[ "$CAOSDB_TAG" == "" ]]; then
         if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
           CAOSDB_TAG=${DEPLOY_REF}_F_${F_BRANCH};
-          docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG || CAOSDB_TAG="${DEFAULT_CAOSDB_TAG}_F_dev" ;
+          docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG || CAOSDB_TAG="${DEFAULT_CAOSDB_TAG}" ;
         elif [ "$F_BRANCH" == "main" ] ; then
           CAOSDB_TAG=${DEFAULT_CAOSDB_TAG}_F_main ;
         elif [ "$F_BRANCH" == "dev" ] ; then