diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dceb7c709e93ddd892f7b37bfc7020ae2969406e_LmdpdGxhYi1jaS55bWw=..41e78a1df096857c80bd2c28c84f0f4d3598e727_LmdpdGxhYi1jaS55bWw= 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 
 issue-bot:
   stage: notification_fail
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/distribution/issue-bot:latest
+  image: "${CI_REGISTRY}/${GITLAB_NAMESPACE}/distribution/issue-bot:latest"
   script: /issue-bot
   rules:
     # Not needed in non-protected (feature) branches
diff --git a/doc/development/ci-variables.md b/doc/development/ci-variables.md
index dceb7c709e93ddd892f7b37bfc7020ae2969406e_ZG9jL2RldmVsb3BtZW50L2NpLXZhcmlhYmxlcy5tZA==..41e78a1df096857c80bd2c28c84f0f4d3598e727_ZG9jL2RldmVsb3BtZW50L2NpLXZhcmlhYmxlcy5tZA== 100644
--- a/doc/development/ci-variables.md
+++ b/doc/development/ci-variables.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 | `GITLAB_COM_PKGS_RELEASE_BUCKET`                | GCS bucket where release packages are pushed. |
 | `GITLAB_COM_PKGS_BUILDS_BUCKET`                 | GCS bucket where regular branch packages are pushed. |
 | `GITLAB_COM_PKGS_SA_FILE`                       | Service account key used for pushing release packages for SaaS deployments, it must have write access to the pkgs bucket. |
+| `GITLAB_NAMESPACE`                              | Used to override image URLs in the Dev instance, since the top-level name there diverges from `gitlab-org` to `gitlab`. |
 
 ## Unknown/outdated variables
 
diff --git a/gitlab-ci-config/variables.yml b/gitlab-ci-config/variables.yml
index dceb7c709e93ddd892f7b37bfc7020ae2969406e_Z2l0bGFiLWNpLWNvbmZpZy92YXJpYWJsZXMueW1s..41e78a1df096857c80bd2c28c84f0f4d3598e727_Z2l0bGFiLWNpLWNvbmZpZy92YXJpYWJsZXMueW1s 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci-config/variables.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci-config/variables.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   ISSUE_BOT_LABELS_EXTRA: "group::distribution"
   BUNDLER_VERSION: "2.6.5"
   GET_GEO_TAG: "0.7.4"
+  GITLAB_NAMESPACE: "gitlab-org"
   CANONICAL_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab'
   SECURITY_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab-org/security/omnibus-gitlab'
   DEV_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab/omnibus-gitlab'