diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e3a7376a4ad835b03859718d5099e5601dd2079f..9fdc15d2197edd7bcb1bd7d5fe185e26d2d1fdf3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ setup_environment:
         cd CRI_XCBC;
       fi
     - >
-      git checkout integration;
+      git checkout -b integration;
       git merge uab-dev;
       cd ..;
     - s3cmd get --force --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://ood-config/group_vars/all CRI_XCBC/group_vars/all