diff --git a/scripts/deploy_gitlab_ci.py b/scripts/deploy_gitlab_ci.py
index fb5a48dd27c0350830e2b8abe67f42e499fe7501..2104aa7a8eb7f6fa9028795f4a55e0d1bb6752bc 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_gitlab_ci.py
+++ b/scripts/deploy_gitlab_ci.py
@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ def main():
     # =======================================================
     if args.merge:
         # Get source merge request (the one in the gitlab-ci repo)
+        gitlab_ci_project = common.get_project(gitlab, args.project)
         mrs = get_merge_requests(
-            project=args.project,
+            project=gitlab_ci_project,
             target_branch=args.branch,
             state="merged",
             commit=args.revision,