diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 17f40608d95467f7c040205c0447c7aae270cf37..24ee6166477ce1ff0b5313b03dc96cdbda8223c4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 variables:
-  DEPLOY_REF: dev
+  DEPLOY_REF: f-linkahead-rename
   # TODO rename to linkahead
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib/testenv:latest
   # When using dind, it's wise to use the overlayfs driver for