diff --git a/lib/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts b/lib/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts
index 2d36c15733b0795efeb71d0726ee7ade0d619986..d767c595525daab704a68206054870a7aff4a56c 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class GitlabPackagesDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   constructor() {
     super(datasource);
-    this.http = new GitlabHttp();
+    this.http = new GitlabHttp(datasource);
   }
 
   static getGitlabPackageApiUrl(
diff --git a/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts b/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts
index 00e04a386ee76c2640928d3cbad572c17ee645cc..cad61c7a493961e967739f3c0a6a4a27d7cca3dd 100644
--- a/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/util/http/host-rules.spec.ts
@@ -153,16 +153,75 @@ describe('util/http/host-rules', () => {
     `);
   });
 
+  it('no fallback to gitlab', () => {
+    hostRules.add({
+      hostType: 'gitlab-packages',
+      token: 'package-token',
+    });
+    hostRules.add({
+      hostType: 'gitlab-releases',
+      token: 'release-token',
+    });
+    hostRules.add({
+      hostType: 'gitlab-tags',
+      token: 'tags-token',
+    });
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-tags' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'gitlab-tags',
+      token: 'tags-token',
+    });
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-releases' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'gitlab-releases',
+      token: 'release-token',
+    });
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-packages' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'gitlab-packages',
+      token: 'package-token',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('fallback to gitlab', () => {
-    expect(applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-tags' }))
-      .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Object {
-        "context": Object {
-          "authType": undefined,
-        },
-        "hostType": "gitlab-tags",
-        "token": "abc",
-      }
-    `);
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-tags' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'gitlab-tags',
+      token: 'abc',
+    });
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-releases' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'gitlab-releases',
+      token: 'abc',
+    });
+    expect(
+      applyHostRules(url, { ...options, hostType: 'gitlab-packages' })
+    ).toEqual({
+      context: {
+        authType: undefined,
+      },
+      hostType: 'gitlab-packages',
+      token: 'abc',
+    });
   });
 });