diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/metadata/environment.go b/pipeline/frontend/metadata/environment.go
index 25ac55d31..1ab3b22e2 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/metadata/environment.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/metadata/environment.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (m *Metadata) Environ() map[string]string {
 		"CI_COMMIT_SHA":                 m.Curr.Commit.Sha,
 		"CI_COMMIT_REF":                 m.Curr.Commit.Ref,
 		"CI_COMMIT_REFSPEC":             m.Curr.Commit.Refspec,
-		"CI_COMMIT_BRANCH":              m.Curr.Commit.Branch,
+		"CI_COMMIT_BRANCH":              sourceBranch,
 		"CI_COMMIT_SOURCE_BRANCH":       sourceBranch,
 		"CI_COMMIT_TARGET_BRANCH":       targetBranch,
 		"CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE":             m.Curr.Commit.Message,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (m *Metadata) Environ() map[string]string {
 		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_SHA":           m.Prev.Commit.Sha,
 		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_REF":           m.Prev.Commit.Ref,
 		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_REFSPEC":       m.Prev.Commit.Refspec,
-		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_BRANCH":        m.Prev.Commit.Branch,
+		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_BRANCH":        prevSourceBranch,
 		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_URL":           m.Prev.ForgeURL,
 		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_MESSAGE":       m.Prev.Commit.Message,
 		"CI_PREV_COMMIT_AUTHOR":        m.Prev.Commit.Author.Name,