diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 003be8fe4ebd7fcf2a6992ac3407b94b5541dabe..0388ead7d8ab0d02b56bb9cb9ae585c64cd77a66 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ build-template:
   # Bootstrap Cookiecutter template to test provided ci pipeline template
   script:
     - python --version # For debugging
+    - git config --global user.email "ci-runner@example.com"
+    - git config --global user.name "CI Runner"
+    - git config --global init.defaultBranch main
     - cookiecutter --no-input --overwrite-if-exists --output-dir . .
     - cd my_awesome_app
-    - git config user.email "ci-runner@example.com"
-    - git config user.name "CI Runner"
     - git init
     - source ./setup.sh
     - ls -lah
diff --git a/docker/ci-runner/Dockerfile b/docker/ci-runner/Dockerfile
index 497b89a715157c619baadc189a896f79a0731172..4d06f791895ccb0898d77633a250755213e22584 100644
--- a/docker/ci-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/ci-runner/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.12
+FROM python:3.13
 
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python -m pip install --upgrade cookiecutter tox twine cibuildwheel==2.13.1 cookiecutter
-RUN curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade cookiecutter tox twine