diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d7b9ae504c1ca230365aba8464d65b40816f9ac3..81b4985f956730e84df4027c88f77059949c89e3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ variables:
 .dev_variables: &dev_variables
   EOS_PATH: "/eos/user/o/okdtests/dev-webeos-tests/"
   
+.common_variables: &common_variables
+  SSH_SERVER_HOSTKEYS: lxplus ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTA/5AzXgbkSapknIPDoEePTM1PzIBSiyDnpZihdDXKzm8UdXxCDJLUVjBwc1JfBjnaXPEeBKZDuozDss/m98m5qQu+s2Dks000V8cUFTU+BFotzRWX0jWSBpmzse0477b40X2XCPqX0Cqfx9yHdkuMlyF0kJRxXgsGTcwzwbmvqNHJdHHYJJz93hGpBhYMREcDN5VOxXz6Ack3X7xfF29xaC91oOAqq75O11LXF5Y4kAeN9kDG8o6Zsqk4c5at5aqWqzZfnnVtGjhkgU2Mt5aKwptaFMe0Z3ys/zZM4SnsE9NfompnnWsiKk2y09UvrbzuYPWLt43Fp3+IFqRJvBX
+
 stages:
   - copy
   - deploy
@@ -52,8 +55,6 @@ copy:
 # Create squashfs package in an EOS folder
 .add_squashfs: &add_squashfs
   stage: squashfs
-  variables:
-    SSH_SERVER_HOSTKEYS: lxplus ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTA/5AzXgbkSapknIPDoEePTM1PzIBSiyDnpZihdDXKzm8UdXxCDJLUVjBwc1JfBjnaXPEeBKZDuozDss/m98m5qQu+s2Dks000V8cUFTU+BFotzRWX0jWSBpmzse0477b40X2XCPqX0Cqfx9yHdkuMlyF0kJRxXgsGTcwzwbmvqNHJdHHYJJz93hGpBhYMREcDN5VOxXz6Ack3X7xfF29xaC91oOAqq75O11LXF5Y4kAeN9kDG8o6Zsqk4c5at5aqWqzZfnnVtGjhkgU2Mt5aKwptaFMe0Z3ys/zZM4SnsE9NfompnnWsiKk2y09UvrbzuYPWLt43Fp3+IFqRJvBX
   before_script:
   - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   # validate lxplus's SSH key
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ Test squashfs:
   <<: *add_squashfs
   variables:
     <<: *dev_variables
+    <<: *common_variables
 
 # Create new squashfs package
 squashfs: