diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af636f6f87cc09db4b2e86125e324563b695d1e6..5caba09f81d15b3620d3daa5f41994761c271a61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ workflow:
 variables:
   MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx500m -XX:+UseSerialGC -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=WARN"
   MAVEN_CLI_OPTS: "--batch-mode -DskipDeployBigArtefact=true -s $CI_PROJECT_DIR/ci_settings.xml"
-  MAIN_BRANCH: $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+  MAIN_BRANCH: 'main'
 
 stages:
 - build
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ dependency-check:
       junit: target/dependency-check-junit.xml
   rules:
   - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $OPERATION == "owasp"'
- 
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+