diff --git a/.github/workflows/BuildDeployDoc.yml b/.github/workflows/BuildDeployDoc.yml
index 5c0550a..f177603 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/BuildDeployDoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/BuildDeployDoc.yml
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
-          version: "1.10"
-      - name: Install dependencies
+          version: '1.10'
+      - name: clone integration test tools
         run: |
-          julia --project=docs/ -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=pwd())); Pkg.instantiate()'
-      - name: set dependencies to dev branch version
-        if: (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name != 'main') || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.base_ref != 'main')
+          git clone --depth 1 -b dev https://github.com/QEDjl-project/QuantumElectrodynamics.jl.git /tmp/integration_test_tools/
+      - name: set dev dependencies
         run: |
-          git clone -b dev https://github.com/QEDjl-project/QuantumElectrodynamics.jl.git /tmp/integration_test_tools
-          julia --project=docs/ /tmp/integration_test_tools/.ci/set_dev_dependencies.jl
+          $(julia --project=. /tmp/integration_test_tools/.ci/integTestGen/src/get_project_name_version_path.jl)
+          echo "CI_DEV_PKG_NAME -> $CI_DEV_PKG_NAME"
+          echo "CI_DEV_PKG_VERSION -> $CI_DEV_PKG_VERSION"
+          echo "CI_DEV_PKG_PATH -> $CI_DEV_PKG_PATH"
+          julia --project=docs/ /tmp/integration_test_tools/.ci/SetupDevEnv/src/SetupDevEnv.jl
+          julia --project=docs/ -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
       - name: Build and deploy
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # If authenticating with GitHub Actions token
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: julia --project=docs/ docs/make.jl
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ad0de8e..5ef5381 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ stages:
   stage: unit-test
   script:
     - apt update && apt install -y git
-    - git clone --depth 1 -b dev https://github.com/QEDjl-project/QuantumElectrodynamics.jl.git /QEDjl
+    - git clone --depth 1 -b dev https://github.com/QEDjl-project/QuantumElectrodynamics.jl.git /tmp/integration_test_tools/
+    - $(julia --project=. /tmp/integration_test_tools/.ci/integTestGen/src/get_project_name_version_path.jl)
+    - echo "CI_DEV_PKG_NAME -> $CI_DEV_PKG_NAME"
+    - echo "CI_DEV_PKG_VERSION -> $CI_DEV_PKG_VERSION"
+    - echo "CI_DEV_PKG_PATH -> $CI_DEV_PKG_PATH"
     - >
       if [[ $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "dev" || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "dev" ]]; then
         # set name of the commit message from CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE to NO_MESSAGE, that the script does not read accidentally custom packages from the commit message of a merge commit
-        julia --project=. /QEDjl/.ci/SetupDevEnv/src/SetupDevEnv.jl ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/Project.toml NO_MESSAGE
+        julia --project=. /tmp/integration_test_tools/.ci/SetupDevEnv/src/SetupDevEnv.jl ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/Project.toml NO_MESSAGE
       else
-        julia --project=. /QEDjl/.ci/SetupDevEnv/src/SetupDevEnv.jl ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/Project.toml
+        julia --project=. /tmp/integration_test_tools/.ci/SetupDevEnv/src/SetupDevEnv.jl ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/Project.toml
       fi
     - julia --project=. -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
     - julia --project=. -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.test(; coverage = true)'
@@ -62,15 +66,19 @@ unit_tests_nightly:
   tags:
     - cpuonly
 
+generate_integration_tests:
+  image: julia:1.10
 generate_integration_tests:
   image: julia:1.10
   stage: generate_integration_test
   script:
     # extract package name
-    - export CI_DEPENDENCY_NAME=$(cat $CI_PROJECT_DIR/Project.toml | grep name | awk '{ print $3 }' | tr -d '"')
-    - echo "CI_DEPENDENCY_NAME -> $CI_DEPENDENCY_NAME"
     - apt update && apt install -y git
     - git clone --depth 1 -b dev https://github.com/QEDjl-project/QuantumElectrodynamics.jl.git /QEDjl
+    - $(julia --project /QEDjl/.ci/integTestGen/src/get_project_name_version_path.jl)
+    - echo "CI_DEV_PKG_NAME -> $CI_DEV_PKG_NAME"
+    - echo "CI_DEV_PKG_VERSION -> $CI_DEV_PKG_VERSION"
+    - echo "CI_DEV_PKG_PATH -> $CI_DEV_PKG_PATH"
     - cd /QEDjl/.ci/integTestGen/
     - julia --project=. -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
     # paths of artifacts are relative to CI_PROJECT_DIR