diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d6119a9df2422c094a709e823a9c021eda5de3aa..821aee159cfa26e41d07cce1c088b0726b48f66a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ variables:
   EXIT_CODE_NON_BE: 123
   EXIT_CODE_FAIL: 1
   LONG_TEST_SUITE: "tests/test_param_file_ltv.py tests/renderer"
-  SHORT_TEST_SUITE: "tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection"
+  SHORT_TEST_SUITE: "tests/renderer"
   TEST_SUITE: ""
   DUT_ENCODER_PATH: "./IVAS_cod"
   DUT_DECODER_PATH: "./IVAS_dec"
   LEVEL_SCALING: "1.0"
   IVAS_PIPELINE_NAME: ''
-  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "basop-ci-branch"
+  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "basop-ci/fix-basop-ci-branch-renderer-tests"
   PRM_FILES: "scripts/config/self_test.prm scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm"
   TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_STV: 900
   TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_LTV: 2400
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ stages:
 
     ### run pytest
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE -v --create_cut --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --mld --dut_encoder_path $DUT_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $DUT_DECODER_PATH -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE -v -x --create_cut --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --mld --dut_encoder_path $DUT_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $DUT_DECODER_PATH -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 
     - python3 scripts/parse_mld_xml.py report-junit.xml mld.csv