diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1b2af449535ec91969bc5e756289fe9573d4f521..2b9b6ce3c3e61c219558088c69343bab2b989207 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ spack:checkout:
   stage: .pre
   variables:
     CI_DATA_ST: "/scratch/${path_suffix}scitas-stack/ci"
+    COMMAND_OPTIONS_SBATCH: ${slurm_options}
     APPTAINER_EXEC_OPTIONS: >-
       --cleanenv
       --bind ${CI_DATA_LT}