diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 93d77386ff2b53032f5171485c8c33fa6e81c9ff..c48e12b83547f9993f8b7956f702fb3a6f871d3d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   # note: GitLab cannot reference variables defined by users in the include ref:, we need to use a YAML anchor for this
   # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/yaml/includes/#use-variables-with-include for more information
-  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF main
+  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF kiene/sanitizer-tests-for-basop-mr-pipelines
 
 include:
   - project: ivas-codec-pc/ivas-codec-ci