diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index 5d3a127ef627c0487b30f0a339f3272fa50d82a3..2e001485d0003eb199a532142d33c0b8eb2aa654 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -2224,6 +2224,7 @@ be-2-evs-26444:
   tags:
     - be-2-evs-basop
   stage: test
+  needs: ["build-codec-linux-make"]
   timeout: "120 minutes" # To be revisited
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh