diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a00af3162ca5bd2d4cfa2c49b9ec16c48e60e2ba..8fb379bf9eed32ae499a6c1c6387e3139b14023f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ workflow:
     IMAGES_ARTIFACT_NAME: "images_$CI_JOB_NAME"
     IMAGES_ARTIFACT_SPLIT: "images_split_$CI_JOB_NAME"
   script:
+    - !reference [ .job-linux, before_script ]
+
     - set -euxo pipefail
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
@@ -318,6 +320,7 @@ workflow:
 .check-be-job:
   extends:
     - .test-job-linux
+    - .rules-pytest-to-main-short
   before_script:
     - !reference [ .test-job-linux, before_script ]
     - rm -rf tests/dut tests/ref