diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ba0d9fd3e..8403cb8e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" # If we move to gitlab one day
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "external_pull_request_event" # For github PR
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG # For tags
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^ci-/  # Ignore branches names ci-* (created by those pipelines)
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "ci-format-dev"  # Ignore black formatting branch created by the CI
       when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH  && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" # If it's not the default branch and if it's a push, then do not trigger a build
       when: never