diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 63909ad1c325a1d85c78f386ef52f31339e01920..c915f0da324f20c6ee9813b30e5fee3b8de681d0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
+# variables in the GitLab CI/CD variables:
+  #   GITLAB_TOKEN to support the semantic-release
+  #   DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG to support the usage of private docker images as job docker image
+  #   TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED to enable the semantic-release job
+  #   TBC_NAMESPACE: smartdatalab/public/ci-cd-components
+
 include:
-  - project: "to-be-continuous/tools/gitlab-ci"
-    ref: "master"
-    file: "/templates/extract.yml"
-  - project: "to-be-continuous/tools/gitlab-ci"
-    ref: "master"
-    file: "/templates/validation.yml"
-  - project: "to-be-continuous/kicker"
-    ref: "master"
-    file: "/templates/validation.yml"
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/bash/gitlab-ci-bash@3.5
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/$TBC_NAMESPACE/gitlab-ci/extract@master
+    inputs:
+      extract-script-job-tags: ["docker"]
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/$TBC_NAMESPACE/gitlab-ci/validation@master
+    inputs:
+      check-links-job-tags: ["docker"]
+      tbc-check-job-tags: ["docker"]
+      tbc-check-image: cicd-docker-dev.artifact.tecnalia.com/tbc-check:master
+      gitlab-ci-lint-job-tags: ["docker"]
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/$TBC_NAMESPACE/kicker/validation@master
     inputs:
+      kicker-validation-job-tags: ["docker"]
+      schema-base-url: "https://git.code.tecnalia.com/api/v4/projects/smartdatalab%2Fpublic%2Fci-cd-components%2Fkicker/repository/files"
+      yajsv-image: "cicd-docker-dev.artifact.tecnalia.com/yajsv:latest"
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/$TBC_NAMESPACE/bash/gitlab-ci-bash@master
+    inputs:
+      bash-shellcheck-job-tags: ["docker"]
       shellcheck-files: "*.sh"
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.11
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/$TBC_NAMESPACE/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@master
+    inputs:
+      semantic-release-job-tags: ["docker"]
+
 
 variables:
   GITLAB_CI_FILES: "templates/gitlab-ci-rust.yml"
+  LYCHEE_EXTRA_OPTS: "--exclude .acme.corp"
+  GIT_STRATEGY: clone
 
 semantic-release:
   rules: