diff --git a/apps/base/gitlab-runner/release.yaml b/apps/base/gitlab-runner/release.yaml
index 2d084803ca346fa07f23321814a3de547832a1ae..710ca95af7837218c92839e55e83545eac11ad65 100644
--- a/apps/base/gitlab-runner/release.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/gitlab-runner/release.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ data:
       limits:
         memory: 256Mi
         cpu: 200m
-    runners:
-      podAnnotations:
-        "pod-cleanup.gitlab.com/ttl": "6h"
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+    envVars:
+      - name: FF_USE_POD_ACTIVE_DEADLINE_SECONDS
+        value: true