diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror.yaml b/.github/workflows/mirror.yaml
index a60b501ab9603446e3ad9582e96407e4fb171e4d..e75d47c3c78ce250b5223028b0c02a1bbe14b45d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror.yaml
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ jobs:
         ciskip: true
     - name: Trigger EICweb
       if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-      uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v2
+      uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v3
       with:
         url: https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov
         project_id: 290
         token: ${{ secrets.EICWEB_EIC_CONTAINER_TRIGGER }}
         ref_name: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref }}
-        variables:
+        variables: |
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY=${{ github.repository }}
           GITHUB_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
           GITHUB_PR=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          PIPELINE_NAME_CONTAINER=${{ github.repository }}: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title || github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index daa6d9a2fdbe45d9dbb9f29f921741ab485784d6..c146aa5dea05128696f71ba4e76696decb6b0e34 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ stages:
 ## nightly builds are now part of the regular master build in order to keep
 ## all artifacts available at all times.
 workflow:
+  # would like to use PIPELINE_NAME but there is a bug https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441777
+  name: '$PIPELINE_NAME_CONTAINER'
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
@@ -555,6 +557,7 @@ benchmarks:detector:default:
     BENCHMARKS_TAG: "${INTERNAL_TAG}-default"
     BENCHMARKS_CONTAINER: "jug_xl"
     BENCHMARKS_REGISTRY: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE"
+    PIPELINE_NAME: "$PIPELINE_NAME_CONTAINER"
   trigger:
     project: EIC/benchmarks/detector_benchmarks
     strategy: depend
@@ -574,6 +577,7 @@ benchmarks:detector:nightly:
     BENCHMARKS_TAG: "${INTERNAL_TAG}-nightly"
     BENCHMARKS_CONTAINER: "jug_xl"
     BENCHMARKS_REGISTRY: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE"
+    PIPELINE_NAME: "$PIPELINE_NAME_CONTAINER"
   trigger:
     project: EIC/benchmarks/detector_benchmarks
     strategy: depend