diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ee35e65865af0a09d7a1cb2e2745571462a87933..d8acfd8aa293a37b18d0af5c3a1f90ab0c65f0b4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ trigger_mlip:
   stage: trigger
   trigger:
     project: tadah/mlip
+    branch: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
 trigger_md:
   stage: trigger
   trigger:
-    project: tadah/md
\ No newline at end of file
+    project: tadah/md
+    branch: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
\ No newline at end of file