diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb6f1e0aecad9be4393d17f7d000f624d98329e5..e556ee1f1c6c54bb855fa38a1ee03f219e2f7d40 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stages:
 variables:
   DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE: registry.icinga.com/build-docker
   #ICINGA_BUILD_RELEASE_TYPE: testing
-  ICINGA_BUILD_TYPE: release
+  ICINGA_BUILD_TYPE: snapshot
 
 .source: &source
   stage: source