diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 426f051ca8d..fdb66a6d5de 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -434,11 +434,12 @@ packaging/spack/rocm:
     - .quick_test_condition
   image:
     name: ecpe4s/e4s-base-rocm:24.11
-    entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+    entrypoint: [""]
   tags:
     - private_ci
     - nla-gpu
   variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: empty
     GINKGO_SPEC: "+rocm amdgpu_target=gfx90a +openmp +mpi generator=ninja"
   needs: []
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts.yml b/.gitlab/scripts.yml
index 8b94f0b7679..af77234daa8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/scripts.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
   extends:
     - .before_script_template
   script:
+    - source /etc/bash.bashrc
     - git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true --depth=1 https://github.com/ginkgo-project/spack.git /opt/ginkgo-spack
     - spack external find cmake ninja
     - spack repo add /opt/ginkgo-spack/var/spack/repos/builtin