diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 61828f675a9022a14938bb81d6e71bf367f4e791..4b32fb2a8305f11de16fad35e5554d138b3c9d59 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ default:
   image: "quay.io/buildah/stable"
   before_script:
     - buildah login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
-    - buildah pull $BASE
     - source environment
+    - buildah pull $BASE
     - >
         buildah bud
         --pull