diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/build.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/build.gitlab-ci.yml
index a5b3fda20f8a7479780ca769c409d9401c142ee4..78b66bbfff5230664f365a6a4d4fe0f3f484a6d1 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/build.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/build.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,16 +35,22 @@ build:ubuntu_cpp:
     - apt-get install -y jq
     # Check group namespace is valid, if not DEPENDENCY_ID=6437 (aidge group ID)
     - >
-      if [ $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/groups/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE_ID}") -eq 404 ]; then
-        echo "Using aidge group id by default"
-        DEPENDENCY_ID=$(curl "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/groups/6437/projects?search=${DEPENDENCY_NAME}" | jq -r '.[0].id')
-      else
+      # nominal case : we are in the official project
+      if [ $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/groups/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE_ID}") != 404 ]; then
         DEPENDENCY_ID=$(curl "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/groups/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE_ID}/projects?search=${DEPENDENCY_NAME}" | jq -r '.[0].id')
+        echo "curling from \"https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/jobs/artifacts/$BRANCH_TO_PULL/download?job=$DEPENDENCY_JOB\""
+        curl -f --location --output build_artifacts.zip "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/jobs/artifacts/$BRANCH_TO_PULL/download?job=$DEPENDENCY_JOB"
+      else # case for fork
+        echo "Retrieving build_artifacts from hrouis' forked project."
+        USER_ID=17216
+        DEPENDENCY_ID=$(curl 'https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/users/$USER_ID/projects?search=aidge_core' | jq -r '.[0].id')
+        # retrieve latest pipeline of given branch, independant from its success or failure
+        PIPELINE_ID=$(curl 'https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/pipelines?ref=${BRANCH_TO_PULL}&order_by=updated_at&sort=desc' | jq -r '.[0].id')
+        JOB_ID=$(curl "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/pipelines/$PIPELINE_ID/jobs" | jq 'map(select(.name == ${DEPENDENCY_JOB})) | .[0].id')
+        echo "curling from \"https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/jobs/$JOB_ID/artifacts\""
+        curl --location  "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/jobs/$JOB_ID/artifacts"  --output build_artifacts.zip
       fi
-    - echo "Project ID for ${DEPENDENCY_NAME} is ${DEPENDENCY_ID}"
 
-    - echo "curling from https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/jobs/artifacts/$BRANCH_TO_PULL/download?job=$DEPENDENCY_JOB"
-    - curl -f --location --output build_artifacts.zip "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/$DEPENDENCY_ID/jobs/artifacts/$BRANCH_TO_PULL/download?job=$DEPENDENCY_JOB"
     - set +x
     - unzip -q -o build_artifacts.zip -d .
     - rm -rf build_cpp