diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 54251c75bf70d5940b894ea901b8f7dd1120d6a6..4f04368ec0aa77a7754163418a8d00f2b814a62d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ build-local-repository:
     - mv magma/* .
     - mv charm-packages/* .
     - LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 oLANG=C.UTF-8 osm -vvv repo-index --origin . --destination vnf-catalog
+    - |
+        sshpass -p "$VNF_CATALOG_CREDENTIALS" sftp -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -P 29419 osmsupport@vnf-catalog.etsi.org << EOF
+          put -r vnf-catalog/* Testing/Premerge
+        EOF
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "false"'
       when: on_success