diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 64bed300a6..2124e3a79e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ variables:
   SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY:
     description: "Regex to select only some jobs, must be enclosed with /. For example /job1|job2/"
     value: "/.*/"
+  ARTIFACTS_REPO:
+    description: "Path to the test-artifacts repo"
+    value: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
+  ARTIFACTS_BRANCH:
+    description: "Branch in test-artifacts to use"
+    value: master
+  LINUX_JOB_X86_64:
+    description: "Job name in test-artifacts to use for Linux x86_64"
+    value: linux-6.6.56-x86_64
+  LINUX_JOB_ARM64:
+    description: "Job name in test-artifacts to use for Linux arm64"
+    value: linux-6.6.86-arm64
 
 workflow:
   name: "$CI_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_DESCRIPTION"
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
index e189a774e9..8770c523e2 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@
     when: on_success
 
 .arm64-test-needs: &arm64-test-needs
-  - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
-    job: linux-6.6.86-arm64
-    ref: master
-  - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
+  - project: $ARTIFACTS_REPO
+    job: $LINUX_JOB_ARM64
+    ref: $ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
+  - project: $ARTIFACTS_REPO
     job: alpine-3.18-arm64-rootfs
-    ref: master
+    ref: $ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
   - qemu-system-aarch64-6.0.0-arm64-export
 
 .arm32-test-needs: &arm32-test-needs
   - qemu-system-aarch64-6.0.0-arm32-export
 
 .x86-64-test-needs: &x86-64-test-needs
-  - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
-    job: linux-6.6.56-x86_64
-    ref: master
-  - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
+  - project: $ARTIFACTS_REPO
+    job: $LINUX_JOB_X86_64
+    ref: $ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
+  - project: $ARTIFACTS_REPO
     job: alpine-3.18-x86_64-rootfs
-    ref: master
-  - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
+    ref: $ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
+  - project: $ARTIFACTS_REPO
     job: microcode-x86
-    ref: master
+    ref: $ARTIFACTS_BRANCH
 
 .qemu-arm64:
   extends: .test-jobs-common