diff --git a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
index 5c0d1c8b196741c87303f227a8160cb88e0f260a..2ec95255e861f5f81fd0ab8ef7ff40ca891354e4 100644
--- a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
+++ b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ image: panterch/docker-ci-kubernetes-deploy
   extends: .deploy-to-kubernetes-prod
 
 .verify-base:
+  extends: .defaultEnv
   stage: verify
   <<: *only-default
   cache: