diff --git a/ci-package-builder.yml b/ci-package-builder.yml
index 384f9259ec6afce3bb780ee9de430e3f5c774b3b..31596e24412f6e4cba6321d0cbb29ea20e3397fd 100644
--- a/ci-package-builder.yml
+++ b/ci-package-builder.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ variables:
   # branch. For instance, by setting it to home:yourusername:branches uploads
   # for apertis:v2020:target will end up in home:yourusername:branches:apertis:v2020:target
   OBS_PREFIX: ""
-  DOWNSTREAM_RELEASES_debian_bullseye: v2022
+  DOWNSTREAM_RELEASES_debian_bullseye: $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
   DOWNSTREAM_RELEASES_debian_buster: apertis/v2021
   STABLE_RELEASES: apertis/v2019:apertis/v2020:apertis/v2021
   # Colon-separated list of branches for which upstream pulls should be automerged, e.g. apertis/v2022dev1:apertis/v2022dev2, if the MR consists only of a trivial change