diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9ff758cf05546c9e10ecc215795dfc25f150d3e6..3c48ecbef80461a3aef30c2a4536c8524c7dbb6b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ workflow:
   - git merge upstream/${EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH}
   # export vars into job artifacts
   - export EXT_REPO_HEAD=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-  - export EXT_REPO_dev=$(git rev-parse --short upstream/dev)
-  - export EXT_REPO_prod=$(git rev-parse --short origin/uab-prod)
+  - export EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short upstream/${EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH})
+  - export EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short origin/${EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH})
   - cd ..
   - export PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
   - echo EXT_REPO_HEAD=${EXT_REPO_HEAD} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
-  - echo EXT_REPO_dev=${EXT_REPO_dev} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
-  - echo EXT_REPO_prod=${EXT_REPO_prod} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
+  - echo EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA=${EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
+  - echo EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA=${EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
   - echo PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD=${PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
 
 .get_ansible_files: &get_ansible_files
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ workflow:
     - *get_ansible_files
     # packer vars for job env
     - export PKR_VAR_flavor="${PROXY_BUILD_FLAVOR:-$PKR_VAR_flavor}"
-    - export PKR_VAR_build_instance_name="${BUILD_TARGET}-${CRI_XCBC_HEAD}"
+    - export PKR_VAR_build_instance_name="${BUILD_TARGET}-${EXT_REPO_HEAD}"
     - export PKR_VAR_image_date_suffix=false
     - |
       if [ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event' ]; then
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ workflow:
     - packer build -machine-readable openstack-proxy | tee proxy_build.log
     - export BUILT_PROXY_IMAGE_ID=$(grep 'Image:' proxy_build.log | awk '{print $4}')
     - echo BUILT_PROXY_IMAGE_ID=${BUILT_PROXY_IMAGE_ID} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
-    - openstack image set --property EXT_REPO_prod=${EXT_REPO_prod} --property EXT_REPO_dev=${EXT_REPO_dev} --property PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD=${PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD} ${BUILT_PROXY_IMAGE_ID}
+    # set image properties with repo state
+    - openstack image set --property EXT_PR_SRC_REPO=${EXT_PR_SRC_REPO} --property EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA=${EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA} --property EXT_PR_TARGET_REPO=${EXT_PR_TARGET_REPO} --property EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA=${EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA} --property PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD=${PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD} ${BUILT_PROXY_IMAGE_ID}
   artifacts:
     reports:
       dotenv: image.env