diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-packages.yaml
index 3909c7da536..1963f12848d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-packages.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Sync spack/spack-packages with spack/spack
       run: |
         cd spack-packages
-        git-filter-repo --quiet --source ../spack --subdirectory-filter var/spack/repos --refs develop
+        git-filter-repo --quiet --source ../spack \
+                        --subdirectory-filter var/spack/repos \
+                        --path share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/ --path-rename share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/:.ci/gitlab/ \
+                        --refs develop
     - name: Push
       run: |
         cd spack-packages