diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e83fb748e5..65824e7f56 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ include:
   project: GNOME/citemplates
   file: flatpak/flatpak_ci_initiative.yml
   #flatpak_ci_initiative.yml is extremely pervasive. See: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/citemplates/-/issues/35
+  #keep 'ref:' synced with submission section of build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
   ref: 42fbc2526a7680b6a4f284a210e63e3973ea6dae
 
 dist-flatpak-weekly:
diff --git a/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh b/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
index 0f4ddac8fe..6f3f06a03f 100644
--- a/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
+++ b/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fi
 # We take the commands from 'flatpak_ci_initiative.yml'
 if [ "$GITLAB_CI" ] && [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]; then
   printf "\e[0Ksection_start:`date +%s`:${FLATPAK}_submission[collapsed=true]\r\e[0KPublishing $ARCH repo to GNOME nightly\n"
-  curl https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/citemplates/raw/master/flatpak/flatpak_ci_initiative.yml --output flatpak_ci_initiative.yml
+  curl https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/citemplates/-/raw/42fbc2526a7680b6a4f284a210e63e3973ea6dae/flatpak/flatpak_ci_initiative.yml --output flatpak_ci_initiative.yml
   eval "$(sed -n -e '/flatpak build-update-repo/,/purge/ { s/    - //; p }' flatpak_ci_initiative.yml)"
   printf "\e[0Ksection_end:`date +%s`:${FLATPAK}_submission\r\e[0K\n"
 fi