diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0c5f72c3344ae2a5a4c3bb871914340a281db724..253970200c49ad529300e1843e1eeef56fbbe9db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2214,7 +2214,7 @@ sanitizer-test-osba-planar-hoa3-ism4:
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == "coverage"
   timeout: 6 hours
   before_script:
-    - !reference [.job-linux, before_script]
+    - !reference [.test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir, before_script]
     - set -e
     - 'trap ''echo "Command failed at line $LINENO: $BASH_COMMAND"'' ERR'
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh