diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 55f5e1b9cf3c831e3fabd300d6494c46ff35eae9..c2d4893b84a5b0ebf4010507d8f20786926ec1e1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 variables:
-   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-pyinttest/testenv:latest
+   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-pyinttest/testenv:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
    CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE_BASE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-pyinttest/base:latest
    DEPLOY_REF: dev