diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c0ae6aea00..0112236e8e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ resolver-shotgun-pipeline-generator:
     - linux-benchmarking
   dependencies: []
   variables:
-    ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
-    ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK: "unixy"
     GIT_STRATEGY: "none"
+    PARENT_PIPELINE_ID: "$CI_PIPELINE_ID"
   image: "$CI_REGISTRY/isc-projects/images/shotgun-controller"
   script:
-    - echo "$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+    - echo "version under test $SHOTGUN_TEST_VERSION"
     - test -d bind-qa && git fetch -C bind-qa || git clone --single-branch --branch=shotgun --depth=1 https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.isc.org/isc-private/bind-qa.git
     - git -C bind-qa clean -ffxdq
     - git -C bind-qa reset --hard origin/shotgun
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ resolver-shotgun-pipeline-generator:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - child-pipeline.yaml
+      - combinations.json
     expire_in: "1 hour"
   timeout: 5m