diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 432489c843..6d0f402095 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
 # Jobs should not be defined in this file but in their own file in the ci folder.
 # Similar jobs should be grouped in the same file and use inheritance to avoid code duplication.
 # The image custom image used in this pipeline is quite complex and large as it contains all the dependencies of SCIP.
-# It is defined in ci/docker/Dockerfile.
+# It is defined in .gitlab/docker/Dockerfile.
 # The image is built in the first stage of the pipeline and then used in all the other stages.
 # Jobs that do not require the dependecies inside the image should run on a smaller image like debian-slim.
 variables:
   IMAGE_NAME: ${CI_REGISTRY}/integer/scip/ci
   # combine IMAGE_NAME and current branch
-  IMAGE: ${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_HASH}
-  IMAGE_PATH: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ci/docker/Dockerfile
-  DEPENDENCIES_PATH: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ci/docker/dependencies.yml
+  IMAGE: ${IMAGE_NAME}:${DOCKERFILE_HASH}
+  IMAGE_PATH: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.gitlab/docker/Dockerfile
 
 workflow:
   rules:
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@ stages:
   - release
 
 include:
-  - local: 'ci/docker/image_hash.yml'
-  - local: 'ci/docker/prepare_image.yml'
-  - local: 'ci/cmake_and_ctest.yml'
-  - local: 'ci/linktest.yml'
-  - local: 'ci/russcip.yml'
-  - local: 'ci/valgrind.yml'
+  - local: '.gitlab/docker/dockerfile_hash.yml'
+  - local: '.gitlab/jobs/prepare_image.yml'
+  - local: '.gitlab/jobs/cmake_and_ctest.yml'
+  - local: '.gitlab/jobs/linktest.yml'
+  - local: '.gitlab/jobs/russcip.yml'
+  - local: '.gitlab/jobs/valgrind.yml'
diff --git a/ci/docker/Dockerfile b/.gitlab/docker/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/docker/Dockerfile
rename to .gitlab/docker/Dockerfile
diff --git a/.gitlab/docker/dockerfile_hash.yml b/.gitlab/docker/dockerfile_hash.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8662b2fb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/docker/dockerfile_hash.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+variables:
+  # use "md5sum .gitlab/docker/Dockerfile" to get the hash of the Dockerfile
+  DOCKERFILE_HASH: 1c85ceab9afc81ad147202548b0a781b
diff --git a/ci/cmake_and_ctest.yml b/.gitlab/jobs/cmake_and_ctest.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/cmake_and_ctest.yml
rename to .gitlab/jobs/cmake_and_ctest.yml
diff --git a/ci/linktest.yml b/.gitlab/jobs/linktest.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/linktest.yml
rename to .gitlab/jobs/linktest.yml
diff --git a/ci/docker/prepare_image.yml b/.gitlab/jobs/prepare_image.yml
similarity index 71%
rename from ci/docker/prepare_image.yml
rename to .gitlab/jobs/prepare_image.yml
index 0da9d13f31..3b89a979d4 100644
--- a/ci/docker/prepare_image.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/jobs/prepare_image.yml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
     name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     entrypoint: [""]
   script:
-    # Error out of $IMAGE_HASH is not set
-    - if [ -z "$IMAGE_HASH" ]; then
-        echo "IMAGE_HASH is not set. Check that it is set in ci/docker/image_hash.yml and that the file is included in .gitlab-ci.yml";
+    # Error out of $DOCKERFILE_HASH is not set
+    - if [ -z "$DOCKERFILE_HASH" ]; then
+        echo "DOCKERFILE_HASH is not set. Check that it is set in .gitlab/docker/dockerfile_hash.yml and that the file is included in .gitlab-ci.yml";
         exit 1;
       fi
     # Calculate the MD5 hash of the file
     - computed_hash=$(md5sum ${IMAGE_PATH} | awk '{print $1}')
     # Compare the computed hash with the expected hash
-    - if [ $computed_hash != $IMAGE_HASH ]; then
-        echo Hashes do not match! IMAGE_HASH defined in .gitlab-ci.yml has to match the md5sum of ci/docker/Dockerfile.;
+    - if [ $computed_hash != $DOCKERFILE_HASH ]; then
+        echo Hashes do not match! DOCKERFILE_HASH defined in .gitlab-ci.yml has to match the md5sum of .gitlab/docker/Dockerfile.;
         exit 1;
       fi
     # Set gitlab registry credentials
diff --git a/ci/russcip.yml b/.gitlab/jobs/russcip.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/russcip.yml
rename to .gitlab/jobs/russcip.yml
diff --git a/ci/valgrind.yml b/.gitlab/jobs/valgrind.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/valgrind.yml
rename to .gitlab/jobs/valgrind.yml
diff --git a/ci/docker/image_hash.yml b/ci/docker/image_hash.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb2ab5c3cf..0000000000
--- a/ci/docker/image_hash.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-variables:
-  # use "md5sum ci/docker/Dockerfile" to get the hash of the Dockerfile
-  IMAGE_HASH: 1c85ceab9afc81ad147202548b0a781b