diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f6a65672b736d4980f393b3a1cbffe1ade5d5f7f..91d3eb4ea62eccdfdc9665efa2f2b2108eef55ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -321,5 +321,5 @@ trigger-qa:
     project: gitlab-org/build/omnibus-gitlab-mirror
   variables:
     ALTERNATIVE_SOURCES: "true"
-    GITALY_SERVER_VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_SHA
+    GITALY_SERVER_VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     ee: "true"