diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b1987b834fef0..f4391cf7d312c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ variables:                         &default-vars
   VAULT_AUTH_PATH:                 "gitlab-parity-io-jwt"
   VAULT_AUTH_ROLE:                 "cicd_gitlab_parity_${CI_PROJECT_NAME}"
   SIMNET_FEATURES_PATH:            "simnet_tests/tests"
+  PIPELINE_SCRIPTS_TAG:            "v0.4"
 
 default:
   cache:                           {}
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@ cargo-check-macos:
         --substrate
         "$DEPENDENT_REPO"
         "$GITHUB_PR_TOKEN"
+        "$CARGO_UPDATE_CRATES"
 
 # Individual jobs are set up for each dependent project so that they can be ran in parallel.
 # Arguably we could generate a job for each companion in the PR's description using Gitlab's
@@ -615,11 +617,13 @@ check-dependent-polkadot:
   <<: *check-dependent-project
   variables:
     DEPENDENT_REPO: polkadot
+    CARGO_UPDATE_CRATES: "sp-io"
 
 check-dependent-cumulus:
   <<: *check-dependent-project
   variables:
     DEPENDENT_REPO: cumulus
+    CARGO_UPDATE_CRATES: "sp-io polkadot-runtime-common"
 
 
 build-linux-substrate: