diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c2de130bd802f9bd3be3d9f0e91a53a74401225b..609009d00a4eb24fdeb45059b0e6b72b0ee4092c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics,
 # Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Indiscale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
 # Copyright (C) 2019 Henrik tom Wörden
 # Copyright (C) 2021 Timm Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Daniel Hornung <d.hornung@indiscale.com>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -25,8 +27,6 @@ variables:
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-server/caosdb-server-testenv:latest
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: normal
 
-  DEPLOY_PIPELINE: https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/14/trigger/pipeline
-
   ## FOR DEBUGGING
   TRIGGERED_BY_REPO: SERVER
   TRIGGERED_BY_REF: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
@@ -39,16 +39,13 @@ stages:
   - test
   - deploy
 
-.env: &env
-  - F_BRANCH="${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-
 info:
   tags: [cached-dind]
   image: docker:20.10
   stage: info
   needs: []
   script:
-    - *env
+    - F_BRANCH="${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
     - echo "Pipeline triggered by $TRIGGERED_BY_REPO@$TRIGGERED_BY_REF ($TRIGGERED_BY_HASH)"
     - echo "Pipeline will trigger DEPLOY with branch $DEPLOY_REF"
     - echo "F_BRANCH = $F_BRANCH"
@@ -83,25 +80,26 @@ test:
     - mvn compile
     - mvn test
 
-
-
 # Deploy: Trigger building of server image and integration tests
-trigger_build:
-  tags: [ docker ]
+trigger_inttest:
   stage: deploy
   needs: [ test ]
-  script:
-    - *env
-
-    - echo "Triggering pipeline ${DEPLOY_PIPELINE}@${DEPLOY_REF} with F_BRANCH=${F_BRANCH}"
-    - /usr/bin/curl -X POST
-      -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
-      -F "variables[SERVER]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-      -F "variables[F_BRANCH]=$F_BRANCH"
-      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REPO]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REPO"
-      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REF]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REF"
-      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_HASH]=$TRIGGERED_BY_HASH"
-      -F ref=$DEPLOY_REF $DEPLOY_PIPELINE
+  inherit:
+    variables:
+      # List the variables that shall be inherited, which also means they will override any equally
+      # named varibles in child pipelines.
+      - DEPLOY_REF
+      - TRIGGERED_BY_REPO
+      - TRIGGERED_BY_REF
+      - TRIGGERED_BY_HASH
+  variables:
+    # Renaming variables.
+    F_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    SERVER: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+  trigger:
+    project: caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy
+    branch: $DEPLOY_REF
+    strategy: depend
 
 # Build the sphinx documentation and make it ready for deployment by Gitlab Pages
 # Special job for serving a static website. See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html#pages