diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 19141c006ff7adbc28ef6a58a8b4bf5a956a9796..05b59dd6c6308444d83e43145f6521a1367cee7d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ trigger_job:
   needs: [run-tests-1, build-release-shared, build-release-static]
   trigger:
     project: tadah/tadah.mlip
+    branch: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
   # GitLab bug:
   # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/220047
   # Workaround: