diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ca531b4be3ca3741664963bd7c138fdaf9961a5..8bfd42d2ea2a631e741be16f944a020d8bae850b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
 default:
   tags:
     - docker
-  image: registry.esss.lu.se/ics-docker/centos-e3:0.3.2
+  image: registry.esss.lu.se/ics-docker/centos-e3:$E3_CI_DOCKER_VERSION
 
 
 ### stage: check
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ build require:
   stage: build
   when: always
   before_script:
-    - curl -L -o epics.zip https://gitlab.esss.lu.se/e3/e3-base/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=build
-    - unzip epics.zip
+    - curl -L -o epics.tar.gz https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/e3/epics-base-$E3_CI_BASE_VERSION.tar.gz
+    - tar -zxvf epics.tar.gz
     - export BASE_PATH=$(ls -d $(pwd)/epics/base-*)
     - echo "EPICS_BASE:=${BASE_PATH}" >> configure/RELEASE.local
     - chmod +w "${BASE_PATH}"/configure/CONFIG_SITE