From b07968e9dcd07f3a70965bcc0877bfa18c6371eb 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 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/common.yml b/.gitlab/ci/common.yml
index db9e1c31222..abb43b5c1f1 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/common.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/common.yml
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ variables:
   # Done after sourcing export.sh so that we could easily invoke the right pip
   section_start "upgrade_ci_dependencies" "Upgrading CI dependencies"
   pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy=eager -r $IDF_PATH/tools/requirements/requirements.ci.txt -c ~/.espressif/${CI_PYTHON_CONSTRAINT_FILE}
+  # 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}
   section_end "upgrade_ci_dependencies"
 
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