diff --git a/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6113e82b3f19d2e7fa5eba3b9b5006a323af2cba..07edc133293668e9a48292df9d984fc64cf657e7 100644
--- a/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ variables:
 
 
 .configuration_template:
+  extends: .job-defaults
   image: "${PYTHON_IMAGE}"
   before_script:
     - poetry env use python3  # create virtualenv if not exists