diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 91d45be60b90e26351688413c6550a7369393ec1..f0e231b994c9f9e8c26bce4ede960bd48504d6ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ outputBag:
 integration_se:
   stage: integration
   only: [merge_requests]
-  except: [/master/]
+  except:
+    - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /master/
   script:
   - hostname
   - ulimit -a
@@ -236,7 +237,8 @@ integration_se:
 integration_pe:
   stage: integration
   only: [merge_requests]
-  except: [/master/]
+  except:
+    - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /master/
   script:
   - hostname
   - ulimit -a
@@ -259,7 +261,8 @@ integration_pe:
 override_inputBag:
   stage: integration
   only: [merge_requests]
-  except: [/master/]
+  except:
+    - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /master/
   script:
   - hostname
   - ulimit -a
@@ -279,7 +282,8 @@ override_inputBag:
 override_fastq:
   stage: integration
   only: [merge_requests]
-  except: [/master/]
+  except:
+    - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /master/
   script:
   - hostname
   - ulimit -a
@@ -320,7 +324,8 @@ override_species:
 consistency:
   stage: consistency
   only: [merge_requests]
-  except: [/master/]
+  except:
+    - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /master/
   script:
   - grep -m 1 \"Assigned\":.[0-9] SE_multiqc_data.json | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)' > assignedSE.txt
   - grep -m 1 \"Assigned\":.[0-9] PE_multiqc_data.json | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)' > assignedPE.txt