diff --git a/templates/validation.yml b/templates/validation.yml
index eff378216f15c3ccaa9035f04b19e6bd1c042ad7..8c3892fece81152dc8872bccba1baa6cae6a4c6a 100644
--- a/templates/validation.yml
+++ b/templates/validation.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ gitlab-ci-lint:
   image: registry.hub.docker.com/badouralix/curl-jq:latest
   stage: build
   before_script:
-    - *lint-scripts
+    - !reference [.lint-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"
   script:
     - ci_lint