diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 93d77386ff2b53032f5171485c8c33fa6e81c9ff..798fc6407767fb94a53527944e11850b04111513 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 adjustments-for-updated-basop-ci-branch
 
 include:
   - project: ivas-codec-pc/ivas-codec-ci
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
index e6419a3dce3530df4036fc75ec5eb55b61127972..aa910aab724e7cbe394e57edd5946aa4a5700136 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ variables:
   LOGS_BACKUP_TARGET_DIR: ""
   # set this to true to skip the external HRTF testcases in pytest calls
   DISABLE_HRTF: "false"
+  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "synch-main-basop-ci-branch"
   MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE:
     description: "Type for the manual pipeline run. Use 'pytest-compare' to run comparison test against reference float codec."
     value: 'default'