diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1f7a4dabab3721bf582da3dac26755c2ad469777..2d3005cf9627ca9be5fea367e0822e86e9dce9bd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variables:
 
   ## Application versions used for the main release 
   ## note: nightly builds will always use the master/main branch
-  EICRECON_VERSION: "acts-upgrade-26"
+  EICRECON_VERSION: "v1.8.0"
 
   ## Local registry
   CI_PUSH: 1