diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8fb379bf9eed32ae499a6c1c6387e3139b14023f..bebb7d02481a5cda9b063b5ae0e3ad333bbbf216 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1930,6 +1930,8 @@ pages:
   rules:
     - if: $UPDATE_PAGES
   script:
+    - !reference [ .job-linux, before_script ]
+
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
     - python3 ci/setup_pages.py