From a7c93c7ec2e23717d36aff9ebef3d87601d8d75c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Dobai <roland.dobai@espressif.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 11:22:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci(gitlab): Force the update of esptool to the latest dev
 release

---
 .gitlab/ci/common.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/common.yml b/.gitlab/ci/common.yml
index a6c0d3fc2d8..82ac772decb 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/common.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/common.yml
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ variables:
 
   source ./export.sh
 
+  # we need the latest DEV release for esptool to be installed in every job without bumping the minimal requirement in
+  # the constraint file.
+  pip install --upgrade --pre esptool -c ~/.espressif/${CI_PYTHON_CONSTRAINT_FILE}
+
   # Custom clang
   if [[ ! -z "$CI_CLANG_DISTRO_URL" ]]; then
     echo "Using custom clang from ${CI_CLANG_DISTRO_URL}"