diff --git a/.ci/pipeline/ci.yml b/.ci/pipeline/ci.yml
index c08e8ac587e..0cf22f8d1ab 100755
--- a/.ci/pipeline/ci.yml
+++ b/.ci/pipeline/ci.yml
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ jobs:
       echo "build --disk_cache=$(BAZEL_CACHE_DIR) --cpu=avx2" > ~/.bazelrc
 
       # Display oneDAL build configuration
-      $(BAZEL_VERSION) build @config//:dump
+      bazel build @config//:dump
       echo
       cat bazel-bin/external/config/config.json
       echo
     displayName: 'bazel-configure'
   - script: |
-      $(BAZEL_VERSION) build :release
+      bazel build :release
     displayName: 'release'
   - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
     inputs:
@@ -232,27 +232,27 @@ jobs:
       targetPath: '$(Build.Repository.LocalPath)/bazel-bin/release'
     displayName: 'Upload build artifacts'
   - script: |
-      $(BAZEL_VERSION) test //examples/oneapi/cpp:all \
+      bazel test //examples/oneapi/cpp:all \
                  --test_link_mode=dev \
                  --test_thread_mode=par
     displayName: 'cpp-examples-thread-dev'
 
   - script: |
       export DALROOT=`pwd`/bazel-bin/release/daal/latest
-      $(BAZEL_VERSION) test //examples/oneapi/cpp:all \
+      bazel test //examples/oneapi/cpp:all \
                  --test_link_mode=release_static \
                  --test_thread_mode=par
     displayName: 'cpp-examples-thread-release-static'
 
   - script: |
       export DALROOT=`pwd`/bazel-bin/release/daal/latest
-      $(BAZEL_VERSION) test //examples/oneapi/cpp:all \
+      bazel test //examples/oneapi/cpp:all \
                  --test_link_mode=release_dynamic \
                  --test_thread_mode=par
     displayName: 'cpp-examples-thread-release-dynamic'
 
   - script: |
-      $(BAZEL_VERSION) test //cpp/oneapi/dal:tests \
+      bazel test //cpp/oneapi/dal:tests \
                  --config=host \
                  --test_link_mode=dev \
                  --test_thread_mode=par