diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7e64169caa0b23310c46438ae722dbd29e6bb069..a230fbc306c116bdb89b20c93cfa633dea783ae5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ base:
   needs:
     - version
   script:
+    - source spack.sh ; 
+      source key4hep-spack.sh ;
+      source eic-spack.sh ;
     - attempts=0
     - nocache=""
     - while !