diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d298c36382218fdef0218473a749f5c910182aa..65b088b26530bc2e7295fee2bf1e718b09ec8a55 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ before_script:
 
 preliminary_checks:
   stage: pre
+  image: registry.gitlab.inria.fr/solverstack/docker/pre
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
   parallel: