diff --git a/.gitlab/ssi_gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ssi_gitlab-ci.yml
index 54bf6c4a8e8..5950668dcc8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ssi_gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ssi_gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ stages:
   - K8S_LIB_INJECTION
 
 variables:
+  FF_GITRETRIEVER_GITHUB_INSTEADOF: "true"
   PRIVATE_DOCKER_REGISTRY: 235494822917.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
   PRIVATE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER: AWS
 
diff --git a/utils/scripts/ci_orchestrators/gitlab_exporter.py b/utils/scripts/ci_orchestrators/gitlab_exporter.py
index de0810b8621..19af8df0ea3 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/ci_orchestrators/gitlab_exporter.py
+++ b/utils/scripts/ci_orchestrators/gitlab_exporter.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def print_ssi_gitlab_pipeline(language: str, matrix_data: dict[str, dict], ci_en
                 )
             result_pipeline[".base_job_onboarding_system_tests"]["script"].insert(0, "cd system-tests")
             result_pipeline[".base_job_onboarding_system_tests"]["script"].insert(
-                0, "git clone https://git@github.com/DataDog/system-tests.git system-tests"
+                0, "git clone https://github.com/DataDog/system-tests.git system-tests"
             )
         print_aws_gitlab_pipeline(language, matrix_data["aws_ssi_scenario_defs"], ci_environment, result_pipeline)
     if matrix_data["dockerssi_scenario_defs"]:
diff --git a/utils/scripts/update_protobuf.sh b/utils/scripts/update_protobuf.sh
index 74e93452797..5ea20e92e6f 100755
--- a/utils/scripts/update_protobuf.sh
+++ b/utils/scripts/update_protobuf.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/github.com/DataDog"
 mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/github.com/gogo"
 git_clone_or_update https://github.com/gogo/protobuf.git "$GOPATH/src/github.com/gogo/protobuf"
 git_clone_or_update https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent.git "$GOPATH/src/github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent"
-git_clone_or_update https://git@github.com/DataDog/agent-payload.git "$GOPATH/src/github.com/DataDog/agent-payload"
+git_clone_or_update https://github.com/DataDog/agent-payload.git "$GOPATH/src/github.com/DataDog/agent-payload"
 
 # Remove gogo references to avoid getting RegisterExtension, which is not supported in Python.
 sed -e 's~ \[(gogo.*\]~~g' \
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ protoc \
     --descriptor_set_out="$ROOT_DIR/utils/proxy/_decoders/metrics_v3.descriptor" \
     "$ROOT_DIR/utils/proxy/_decoders/metrics_v3.proto"
 
-echo "Success"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Success"