diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3249ebe444b103147cfc015aca8f3f3549100d35..58817417483d01260f74a936ce25727b278ec502 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ In order to be able to communicate with the Vault server, the variant requires t
 
 | Name              | 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) | `$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master` |
+| `TBC_VAULT_IMAGE` | The [Vault Secrets Provider](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider) image to use (can be overridden) | `registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master` |
 | `VAULT_BASE_URL`  | The Vault server base API url          | _none_ |
 | `VAULT_OIDC_AUD`  | The `aud` claim for the JWT | `$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 05778fa11d73b79c70f248f53627110c34a6197c..1a9f529cff672f2e6d23b1e0c0ed5a56f7ccb7b3 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         {
           "name": "TBC_VAULT_IMAGE",
           "description": "The [Vault Secrets Provider](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider) image to use",
-          "default": "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master",
+          "default": "registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master",
           "advanced": true
         },
         {
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
index 0f1f428339fb957f6556d2a5af2d67fc54efd7f0..f7dbcc19b75a55ad5214d3db5b263ab24fb9067c 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar-vault.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # =====================================================================================================================
 variables:
   # variabilized vault-secrets-provider image
-  TBC_VAULT_IMAGE: "$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-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index 935a0ba813617e47932e48ae9b57cc8bcb1854c2..14868f4a7eb8e41558624255e80130640c214660 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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"
 
   # Sonar
   SONAR_SCANNER_IMAGE: "registry.hub.docker.com/sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli:latest"