diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e220689c54b3205de98b6924d728d6dae760c53..fb6c76da442315e1f99b42d8f13d60dff7b218af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+include:
+  - project: interop/checkqualys
+    file: templates/.check-qualys-job.yml
+
 variables:
   ECR_IMAGE_TAG: "${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/enterprise-integrations/iics_secure_agent:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
   DOIT_REGISTRY_IMAGE_TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
@@ -35,10 +39,6 @@ build-master:
       - .gitlab-ci.yml
       - run-agent.sh
 
-include:
-  - project: interop/checkqualys
-    file: templates/.check-qualys-job.yml
-
 # container_scanning:
 #   stage: scan
 #   extends: qualys_scan