diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 19afbe660f3cdf40628b9a4bf81ac8596ff3b402..8bfd42d2ea2a631e741be16f944a020d8bae850b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-variables:
-  EPICS_BASE_VERSION: 7.0.5-5dd5594
 
 stages:
   - check
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ build require:
   stage: build
   when: always
   before_script:
-    - curl -L -o epics.tar.gz https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/e3/epics-base-$EPICS_BASE_VERSION.tar.gz
+    - curl -L -o epics.tar.gz https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/e3/epics-base-$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