diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8136fa46b1be020986a235d774ce65f7812f21e8..93d77386ff2b53032f5171485c8c33fa6e81c9ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ variables:
   IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF main
 
 include:
-  - local: .gitlab-ci/variables.yml
-  - local: .gitlab-ci/rules-basis.yml
   - project: ivas-codec-pc/ivas-codec-ci
     ref: *IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF
     file: main-basop.yml
+  - local: .gitlab-ci/variables.yml
+  - local: .gitlab-ci/rules-basis.yml
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
index 31d69a64357683a54c801f9da2a2f04ecb10125c..1379232c9545b5b5327e7b95f2dc69fb69f4cc03 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ variables:
   RUNNER_TAG: "ivas-basop-linux"
   LOGS_BACKUP_SOURCE_DIR: ""
   LOGS_BACKUP_TARGET_DIR: ""
+  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "update-basop-ci-branch"
   MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE:
     description: "Type for the manual pipeline run. Use 'pytest-compare' to run comparison test against reference float codec."
     value: 'default'