diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
index 817be6f79192020444bed06f80489de19fdd3cf1..17c05a5485ff4c03d93c05d1cb6064055e7af70d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ variables:
   LOGS_BACKUP_TARGET_DIR: ""
   # set this to true to skip the external HRTF testcases in pytest calls
   DISABLE_HRTF: "false"
+  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'