diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22439edb399d69e298f282ee00612cfced102a68..7d23f9bf1eda5b280d2b50a122e7b68afa36c7a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ unit_tests:
     - tests/./unit_tests.sh  || EXIT_CODE=$?
     - exit ${EXIT_CODE}
 
-dags_rsync:
+osdu-gcp-deploy:
   stage: deploy
   script:
     - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file $OSDU_GCP_DEPLOY_FILE
@@ -71,4 +71,6 @@ dags_rsync:
     - gsutil -m rsync -R plugins $OSDU_GCP_DEPL_TARGET/plugins
   only:
     variables:
-        - $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED
+        - $OSDU_GCP == 'true'
+
+