diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9a43ae5e0ac5705f376f5d74df13434e15846499..0bcd5d7be0e1ae60ab0f6fb46decd62d8dff6986 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ variables:
   TEST_SUITE: ""
   LEVEL_SCALING: "1.0"
   IVAS_PIPELINE_NAME: ''
+  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "basop-ci-branch"
   MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE:
     description: "Type for the manual pipeline run. Use 'pytest-mld' to run MLD test against reference float codec." # Not implemented yet, but may be good to have a manual pipeline trigger
     value: 'default'
@@ -97,9 +98,10 @@ stages:
 
 .update-scripts-repo: &update-scripts-repo
   - cd $SCRIPTS_DIR
-  # - git pull
-  # Temp hack to enable the MR tests to pass @millsa approved this change
-  - git checkout 8045b28b1d07dd91cadf9ead1392fe5a89f72d5a
+  - git remote set-branches --add origin $BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO
+  - git fetch
+  - git checkout $BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO
+  - git pull
   - cd -
   - cp -r $SCRIPTS_DIR/ci .
   - cp -r $SCRIPTS_DIR/scripts .