diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c2c0f681f4312a1b075a1f1ae68ca1bbca5ddc60..8587b4072e1d7485406cd432aff9034e6c2e6b84 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 variables:
-  DEPLOY_REF: f-feature-branch-pipeline
+  DEPLOY_REF: dev
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/caosdb-server/caosdb-server-testenv:latest
 
 image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE