diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7c601959e47fa5fef5a397a9f48d167abda8151c..ff263408d6f13552f993ce83251139e4482c6d64 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ trigger-regression-tests:
 regression_test_4gpu:
   image: python:latest
   stage: test
-
   needs: []
 
   rules:
@@ -312,7 +311,6 @@ regression_test_4gpu:
 regression_test_8gpu:
   image: python:latest
   stage: test
-
   needs: []
 
   rules:
@@ -330,6 +328,7 @@ regression_test_8gpu:
     - hpc-rocket watch regression-tests/multigpu_test/rocket8GPU.yml $(python regression-tests/multigpu_test/utilities/parsejobid.py hpcrocket8GPU.log)
     - hpc-rocket finalize regression-tests/multigpu_test/rocket8GPU.yml
     - cat output/8GPU/slurm8GPU.out
+    - git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/irmb/test_data
     - cd test_data
     - git sparse-checkout set regression_tests/gpu/DrivenCavity_8GPU_2Levels regression_tests/gpu/SphereScaling_8GPU_2Levels
     - cd ..
diff --git a/regression-tests/multigpu_test/rocket8GPU.yml b/regression-tests/multigpu_test/rocket8GPU.yml
index 76203eb9d6d1417c48df295ea3a27bdc3a4ff0ef..4b434fc8a2433dab513649800dbe3f160d986edd 100755
--- a/regression-tests/multigpu_test/rocket8GPU.yml
+++ b/regression-tests/multigpu_test/rocket8GPU.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ copy:
 collect:
   - from: multigpu_test/output/8GPU/
     to: output/8GPU/
-
     overwrite: true
 
   - from: multigpu_test/slurm8GPU.out