diff --git a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 093a0bb415..c9b68bca1e 100644
--- a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ variables:
   ARCH: "x86_64"
   CI_IMAGE: "paritytech/ci-linux:production"
   BUILDAH_IMAGE: "quay.io/buildah/stable:v1.27"
+  RELENG_SCRIPTS_BRANCH: "master"
   RUSTY_CACHIER_SINGLE_BRANCH: master
   RUSTY_CACHIER_DONT_OPERATE_ON_MAIN_BRANCH: "true"
   RUSTY_CACHIER_COMPRESSION_METHOD: zstd