diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f7f74ec4..4db42cd7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,15 +37,13 @@
 #   - documentation at https://freedesktop.pages.freedesktop.org/ci-templates/
 #   - repo at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/ci-templates/
 
-# Here we use a fixed ref in order to isolate ourselves from ci-templates
-# API changes. If you need new features from ci-templates you must bump
-# this to the current SHA you require from the ci-templates repo, however
-# be aware that you may need to account for API changes when doing so.
-.templates_sha: &template_sha d5aa3941aa03c2f716595116354fb81eb8012acb # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#includefile
-
 include:
   - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
-    ref: *template_sha
+    # Here we use a fixed ref in order to isolate ourselves from ci-templates
+    # API changes. If you need new features from ci-templates you must bump
+    # this to the current SHA you require from the ci-templates repo, however
+    # be aware that you may need to account for API changes when doing so.
+    ref: b791bd48996e3ced9ca13f1c5ee82be8540b8adb
     file:
       - '/templates/debian.yml'
       - '/templates/freebsd.yml'