diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8c5d81e59bdc9e880ec2f64f84be614f051beab7..3c0c52bbe96f94f7124e5154e4ee7568bb183340 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ test-long-self-test:
 
     ### switch to main
     - git checkout main
-    - git pull
+    - git pull origin main
     - echo "Building reference codec at commit $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
 
     ### build main (ref) binaries