diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fa703eb44ddf6d924cd4070649de4bf5193a2b49..98dc65519afd9c450c2e3bb85692f2251f6c202c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ default:
 
 include:
   - project: "open-source/gitlab-ci-templates"
-    ref: "branch/default"
+    ref: "branch/v2"
     file:
+      - "templates/base.yml"  # mandatory base template
       - "templates/no-duplicated-ci-pipelines.yml"  # use workflow to avoid duplicated pipelines
       - "templates/lint/twine-check.yml"  # will run twine check to see if pypi won't reject the package
       - "templates/lint/check-dependencies-resolution.yml"  # will run pip-compile -n to check if dependencies are compatibles