diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4ae188a9e1ede7ca7da3098adeeb3a402d2eddf4..92064327faad16709df16360105545d91aff9f98 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ uploadExecutionRun:
     - echo ${dir}${derivaImg}_${derivaVar}.sif
     - ln -sfn `readlink -e ./test_data/auth/credential.json` ./credential.json
     - >
-      exist=$(singularity run ${dir}${derivaImg}_${derivaVar}.sif curl -s https://staging.gudmap.org/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Execution_Run/Replicate=17-BTFJ) &&
+      exist=$(singularity run ${dir}${derivaImg}_${derivaVar}.sif curl -s https://staging.gudmap.org/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Execution_Run/Replicate=${ci_staging_rid_test_rep}) &&
       cookie=$(cat credential.json | grep -A 1 '\"staging.gudmap.org\": {' | grep -o '\"cookie\": \".*\"') &&
       cookie=${cookie:11:-1} &&
       if [ "${exist}" == "[]" ]; then
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ uploadQC:
     - echo ${dir}${derivaImg}_${derivaVar}.sif
     - ln -sfn `readlink -e ./test_data/auth/credential.json` ./credential.json
     - >
-      exist=$(singularity run ${dir}${derivaImg}_${derivaVar}.sif curl -s https://staging.gudmap.org/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:mRNA_QC/Replicate=17-BTFJ) &&
+      exist=$(singularity run ${dir}${derivaImg}_${derivaVar}.sif curl -s https://staging.gudmap.org/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:mRNA_QC/Replicate=${ci_staging_rid_test_rep}) &&
       cookie=$(cat credential.json | grep -A 1 '\"staging.gudmap.org\": {' | grep -o '\"cookie\": \".*\"') &&
       cookie=${cookie:11:-1} &&
       if [ "${exist}" != "[]" ]; then