diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 93d77386ff2b53032f5171485c8c33fa6e81c9ff..ff9fa55de92017a6bcc614a3714188ce205ebe54 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 tjp-test-basop-tests-reactivation
 
 include:
   - project: ivas-codec-pc/ivas-codec-ci
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
index e6419a3dce3530df4036fc75ec5eb55b61127972..a3e078a6f4e097d18b06d90954183ec0faa68386 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 variables:
+  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "ci/tjp-activate-basop-test-cases"
   TESTV_DIR: "/usr/local/testv"
   LTV_DIR: "/usr/local/ltv"
   EVS_BE_TEST_DIR_BASOP: "/usr/local/be_2_evs_basop"