diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 98536bfb3b2e0bd9a9dcb18daefcb8443fd30417..d3a80e4886d25bcf8918e2d1d6b974d321f82564 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ check_style:
   tags: [ public-docker ]
   image: $CI_REGISTRY/easybuild-docker/easybuild-docker/rocky8-eb-test:latest
   script:
+    - ml purge && ml EasyBuild # to load latest EasyBuild dev version
     - ml --version && which -a eb && eb --version && eb --show-system-info
     - export SYSTEMNAME="juwelsbooster" # Make this the default for packages like NVHPC
     - export EASYBUILD_INCLUDE_EASYBLOCKS="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/Custom_EasyBlocks/*.py,$CI_PROJECT_DIR/Custom_EasyBlocks/generic/*.py"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ full_check_style:
   tags: [ public-docker ]
   image: $CI_REGISTRY/easybuild-docker/easybuild-docker/rocky8-eb-test:latest
   script:
+    - ml purge && ml EasyBuild # to load latest EasyBuild dev version
     - export SYSTEMNAME="juwelsbooster" # Make this the default for packages like NVHPC
     - export EASYBUILD_INCLUDE_EASYBLOCKS="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/Custom_EasyBlocks/*.py,$CI_PROJECT_DIR/Custom_EasyBlocks/generic/*.py"
     - export EASYBUILD_INCLUDE_MODULE_NAMING_SCHEMES="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/Custom_MNS/*.py"