diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 87d5703d962127ffd3360f59273f50c6f0dfd6a9..9036c383090d83b1bdb4cdc935529c26c257eeaf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ check-copyright:
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/ci-tools/ci-worker:cc7
   script:
     - curl -o check_copyright.py "https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb-core/LbDevTools/raw/master/LbDevTools/CopyrightCheck.py?inline=false"
-    - python check_copyright.py origin/master
+    - python check_copyright.py origin/2018-patches