diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 399d8ed3d1..c467e18fb8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ variables:
   CI_TARGET_TEST_CONFIG_FILE: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/tools/ci/config/target-test.yml"
 
   # 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