diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 364e522aa54f758c5f2ccd92eb8c225103791094..71a5704aa8859f193cc644ac902ab3170bd546fc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1596,6 +1596,7 @@ voip-be-on-merge-request:
     GET_WMOPS_ARGS: "mem_only"
   timeout: 3 hours 30 minutes
   before_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
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/update-ltv-repo.sh