diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 29b0595736e9d7edb79b337bfad7fe90b7f9d1d7..0cab28232757c03008e139f9d71d01c98aa4e0cf 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 !