diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f84bc99fb90bf5910a3e37bd0986770bbac48c3..d4ea95754e742c7d52f7e25d9d97fcee9bb376c1 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 reduce-console-log
   # If you need to set some config variable only in a local branch, then add an overwrite here
   # One example is DISABLE_HRTF - this will be set on a branch which is about to be merged and will be removed in a subsequent second MR
   # this is more easily done directly here in the child repo
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ variables:
   # these lines are suposed to stay commented out to serve as an example
   # # set this to true to skip the external HRTF testcases in pytest calls
   # DISABLE_HRTF: "true"
+  BASOP_CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH: "ci/reduce-console-log"
 
 # all CI code and config is included from https://forge.3gpp.org/rep/ivas-codec-pc/ivas-codec-ci
 include: