diff --git a/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh b/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh
index d1eb687d5a5b3a8c09e6fc96f829eb1db7d8fed8..74e2a1ea2da73f446036596309149ad10040875e 100755
--- a/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh
+++ b/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ mode="${1:-}"
 
 case "$mode" in
 float-ref)
+  if [ "$FLOAT_REF_COMMIT" == "ivas-float-update" ]; then
+    git fetch origin ivas-float-update
+    FLOAT_REF_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse "origin/ivas-float-update")"
+  fi
   ref_to_check_out="$FLOAT_REF_COMMIT"
   ivas_cod_filename="./$REF_ENCODER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   ivas_dec_filename="./$REF_DECODER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"