diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index ee898bb669654a41f0778fae0b94168b54635da6..fbdd085f2317b7841f4d47f6bc1c9c7214ee51c7 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
       when: never
 
+.rules-pytest-to-ref-pre:
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web'
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule'
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
+      when: never
+
 .rules-pytest-to-ref-short:
   rules:
     - if: $PYTEST_MLD_SHORT # Set by scheduled pipeline
@@ -240,9 +249,10 @@ workflow:
     - if [ ! -d "$TESTV_DIR" ]; then mkdir -p $TESTV_DIR; fi
     - cp -r scripts/testv/* $TESTV_DIR/
 
+# This anchor is the basis for manual and scheduled tests comparing to float ref (ivas-float-update)
 .ivas-pytest-anchor: &ivas-pytest-anchor
   stage: test
-  needs: ["build-codec-linux-make"]
+  needs: ["build-codec-linux-make", "pytest-to-ref-pre"]
   timeout: "480 minutes"
   variables:
     # keep "mld" in artifact name for backwards compatibility reasons
@@ -267,6 +277,8 @@ workflow:
     - else
     -    testcase_timeout=$TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_STV
     - fi
+    - FLOAT_REF_COMMIT=$(cat "$FLOAT_REF_COMMIT_FILE")
+    - echo "FLOAT_REF_COMMIT=$FLOAT_REF_COMMIT"
 
     - python3 ci/remove_unsupported_testcases.py $PRM_FILES
     - if [ $LEVEL_SCALING != "1.0" ]; then
@@ -913,6 +925,23 @@ clang-format-check:
     name: "$ARTIFACT_BASE_NAME"
     expose_as: "formatting patch"
 
+
+# This job runs in manual jobs and scheduled jobs that compares to the float reference.
+# It fetches the latest commit of ivas-float-update and stores in FLOAT_COMMIT_REF
+pytest-to-ref-pre:
+  extends:
+    - .job-linux
+    - .rules-pytest-to-ref-pre
+  stage: prevalidate
+  script:
+    - git fetch origin ivas-float-update
+    - FLOAT_REF_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse "origin/ivas-float-update")"
+    - echo "$FLOAT_REF_COMMIT" > $FLOAT_REF_COMMIT_FILE
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - $FLOAT_REF_COMMIT_FILE
+    reports:
+      dotenv: commits.env
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 # Build jobs
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