diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ec5a3dca20..3c7de15b7c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ checkupdates_trigger:
     - files=( metadata/*.yml )
     - files=( ${files[@]#metadata/} )
     - files=( ${files[@]%.yml} )
-    - parallel --verbose -N 100 'curl -X POST -F "token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN" -F "ref=master" -F "variables[CHECKUPDATES]=true" -F "variables[CHECKUPDATES_APPIDS]= {} " https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/trigger/pipeline' ":::" ${files[@]}
+    - parallel --verbose --delay 60 -N 250 'curl -X POST -F "token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN" -F "ref=master" -F "variables[CHECKUPDATES]=true" -F "variables[CHECKUPDATES_APPIDS]= {} " https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/trigger/pipeline' ":::" ${files[@]}
 
 checkupdates_runner:
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images-checkupdate:latest
   tags:
     - checkupdates-runner
   only: