diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile b/ci/Dockerfile
index 56d66d51a7..3d0a429975 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -14,10 +14,22 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qq -y \
     ca-certificates \
     iputils-ping \
     curl \
+    wget \
     git \
     build-essential && \
     apt-get clean
 
+# Install GitHub CLI
+RUN mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
+	&& out=$(mktemp) && wget -nv -O$out https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+	&& cat $out | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
+	&& chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+	&& mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/sources.list.d \
+	&& echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
+	&& apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install gh -y \
+    && apt-get clean
+
 # Install uv
 ARG UV_VERSION=0.6.12
 ADD https://astral.sh/uv/${UV_VERSION}/install.sh /uv-installer.sh
diff --git a/ci/cscs_gpu.yml b/ci/cscs_gpu.yml
index f94cc9a67f..42e2b47d9f 100644
--- a/ci/cscs_gpu.yml
+++ b/ci/cscs_gpu.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ test_cscs_gh200:
     - .container-runner-daint-gh200
   image: ${CSCS_REGISTRY_PATH}/public/dace-gpu:${DOCKER_TAG}
   variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: clone
+    GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+    GIT_CLONE_PATH: $WORKDIR/project-name
     TEST_VARIANTS: 'gpu'
     CSCS_CUDA_MPS: 1
     SLURM_GPUS_PER_NODE: 4
@@ -50,11 +53,12 @@ test_cscs_gh200:
     # running the tests. The output folder is inside the docker image
     # (${WORKDIR}/dace), so it won't take up space on $SCRATCH but in a
     # ephemeral tmpfs mount in the running node.
-    - echo $CSCS_CI_ORIG_CLONE_URL
-    - mkdir -p "${WORKDIR}/dace" && git clone --recursive "${CSCS_CI_ORIG_CLONE_URL}" "${WORKDIR}/dace"
+    #- echo $CSCS_CI_ORIG_CLONE_URL
+    #- mkdir -p "${WORKDIR}/dace" && git clone --recursive "${CSCS_CI_ORIG_CLONE_URL}" "${WORKDIR}/dace"
     - cd "${WORKDIR}/dace"
-    - git fetch --depth 1 origin "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
-    - git checkout "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+    #- git fetch --depth 1 origin "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+    #- git checkout "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+    - echo $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
     - uv pip install -e ".[testing]"
     - export DACE_cache=unique
     - pytest --cov-report=xml --cov=dace --tb=short --timeout_method thread --timeout=300 -n 32 -m "${TEST_VARIANTS}"