diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 51304d10524636caa342b4c2c1e2a9a9b5e2190c..ba5b84e8cbf8a35d51f62e976bb6fc98e1f757ae 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ variables:
   DETECTOR: epic
   DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
   DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
+  GITHUB_SHA: ''
+  GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ''
 
 workflow:
   rules: