diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4bd23182d0c5d76c662b6d205153600ae40548d1..0a57bd9b47618929adfaf06302a4b96490630635 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ setup_environment:
       else
         git clone https://github.com/uabrc/CRI_XCBC.git;
         cd CRI_XCBC;
+        git remote add upstream https://github.com/jprorama/CRI_XCBC.git
       fi
     - >
+      git fetch upstream;
       git checkout -b integration;
-      git merge origin/uab-dev;
+      git merge upstream/uab-dev;
       cd ..;
     - s3cmd get --force --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://ood-config/group_vars/all CRI_XCBC/group_vars/all
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://cheaha-cloud-ansible-files/ ansible/files/