diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 61b7b2d0767..aa8caf6af12 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ workflow:
     - if: $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN == "marge-bot" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == null
       variables:
         MESA_CI_PERFORMANCE_ENABLED: 1
+        VALVE_INFRA_VANGOGH_JOB_PRIORITY: ""  # Empty tags are ignored by gitlab
     # post-merge pipeline
     - if: $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN == "marge-bot" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
       variables:
         LAVA_JOB_PRIORITY: 40
+        VALVE_INFRA_VANGOGH_JOB_PRIORITY: priority:low
     # any other pipeline
     - if: $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN != "marge-bot"
       variables:
         LAVA_JOB_PRIORITY: 50
+        VALVE_INFRA_VANGOGH_JOB_PRIORITY: priority:low
     - when: always
 
 variables:
diff --git a/src/amd/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/amd/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index c155f2f7492..e273ec66a3a 100644
--- a/src/amd/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/amd/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ radeonsi-raven-va-full:x86_64:
     B2C_KERNEL_CMDLINE_EXTRAS: 'b2c.swap=16g'
   tags:
     - amdgpu:codename:VANGOGH
-    - priority:low
+    - $VALVE_INFRA_VANGOGH_JOB_PRIORITY
 
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