diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fdf337e51bbeae50c5f3516481c6ad7fe2074a7..3da492e2f9de32a329987d221c2a0c70cf1a09ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ In order to be able to communicate with the Vault server, the variant requires t
 
 | Input / Variable  | Description                            | Default value     |
 | ----------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
-| `TBC_VAULT_IMAGE` | The [Vault Secrets Provider](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider) image to use (can be overridden) | `$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master` |
+| `TBC_VAULT_IMAGE` | The [Vault Secrets Provider](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider) image to use (can be overridden) | `registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master` |
 | `vault-base-url` / `VAULT_BASE_URL`  | The Vault server base API url          | _none_ |
 | `vault-oidc-aud` / `VAULT_OIDC_AUD`  | The `aud` claim for the JWT | `$CI_SERVER_URL` |
 | :lock: `VAULT_ROLE_ID`   | The [AppRole](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth/approle) RoleID | **must be defined** |
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 0430580473aafd534c73787e7d884ee23f498fbb..50b76720a272b55ba1584312d2fc9ffbe90fdcca 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
         {
           "name": "TBC_VAULT_IMAGE",
           "description": "The [Vault Secrets Provider](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider) image to use",
-          "default": "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master",
+          "default": "registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master",
           "advanced": true
         },
         {
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index cee0ab51e37ab3c2abb5e894589ec9c14564aa83..25202de3af91581aae3d3458bc13b5077fee662d 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ spec:
 ---
 variables:
   # variabilized vault-secrets-provider image
-  TBC_VAULT_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master
+  TBC_VAULT_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master
   # variables have to be explicitly declared in the YAML to be exported to the service
   VAULT_ROLE_ID: "$VAULT_ROLE_ID"
   VAULT_SECRET_ID: "$VAULT_SECRET_ID"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 2619c6f64cb7a1f10fd719dee9d1908531cbf623..bc3f7f7f4ab0330d591e4a147f76cd7080e7aa93 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ workflow:
 
 variables:
   # variabilized tracking image
-  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
+  TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
 
   # Change pip's cache directory to be inside the project directory since we can
   # only cache local items.