diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3c972794b..b8ab5bd4b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ variables:
   # Docker images
   BOT_DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG: ":latest"
   # target test repo parameters
-  TEST_ENV_CONFIG_REPO: "${GITLAB_SSH_SERVER}/qa/ci-test-runner-configs.git"
-  CI_AUTO_TEST_SCRIPT_REPO_URL: "${GITLAB_SSH_SERVER}/qa/auto_test_script.git"
+  TEST_ENV_CONFIG_REPO: "https://gitlab-ci-token:${BOT_TOKEN}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}:${CI_SERVER_PORT}/qa/ci-test-runner-configs.git"
+  CI_AUTO_TEST_SCRIPT_REPO_URL: "https://gitlab-ci-token:${BOT_TOKEN}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}:${CI_SERVER_PORT}/qa/auto_test_script.git"
   CI_AUTO_TEST_SCRIPT_REPO_BRANCH: "ci/v3.1"
 
   # Versioned esp-idf-doc env image to use for all document building jobs