diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0f4f3f7b8a453562d3ef960ccac527cdb17a627d..a8270bb199a56485e844ca33085da80997f88856 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ workflow:
         - Cargo.lock
 
 .is_network_branch: &is_network_branch
-  if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(network\/).+/
+  if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(278-chain-file\/).+/
 
 .is_runtime_branch: &is_runtime_branch
   if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(runtime\/).+/
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ tests:
     - cargo cucumber
 
 .network_branch_vars: &define_network_branch_vars
-  - export NETWORK=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH | sed -e "s/network\///g")
+  - export NETWORK=gdev-800
   - echo "NETWORK = $NETWORK"
   - export RUNTIME=$(echo $NETWORK | grep -Po "gdev|gtest|g1")
   - echo "RUNTIME = $RUNTIME"
@@ -438,7 +438,15 @@ build_raw_specs:
     - apt-get update
     - apt-get install -y clang cmake protobuf-compiler
     # Print chainspec to file
-    - cargo xtask print-spec $NETWORK_RELEASE > ${RUNTIME}.json
+    - cargo xtask print-spec $NETWORK_RELEASE > ${RUNTIME}-printed.json
+    # Merge client specs into chainspec file (to update bootnodes for example)
+    # 1. Download yq to create a json client spec file
+    - wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.44.6/yq_linux_arm64 -O yq
+    - chmod +x ./yq
+    # 2. YML -> JSON for the client specs
+    - cat node/specs/${RUNTIME}_client-specs.yaml | ./yq --output-format json > node/specs/${RUNTIME}_client-specs.json
+    # 3. Merge the client spec file into chainspec file and create the final spec file (e.g. gdev.json)
+    - jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' node/specs/${RUNTIME}_client-specs.json ${RUNTIME}-printed.json > ${RUNTIME}.json
     # Produce raw spec file
     - mkdir -p $CI_PROJECT_DIR/release
     - cargo run -Zgit=shallow-deps ${FEATURES} -- build-spec --chain=${RUNTIME}.json --disable-default-bootnode --raw > $RELEASE_FILE_RAW_SPEC