diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
index a6d363d7d5a8cc9b862b67df050a14d56a62276e..8e4d3f0b62ed7f4931a214f0f5ad90eafbd79816 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ stages:
     paths:
       - .cache/renovate/**
   before_script:
-    - *renovate-scripts
+    - !reference [.renovate-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"
 
 # (example) validator job