diff --git a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-doc.yml b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-doc.yml
index 44b943f8b..281d30e1e 100644
--- a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-doc.yml
+++ b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-doc.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     # temporary revert to Doxygen 1.11.0. The package has been recompiled
     # without spdlog and wizard support to fix a library dependency.
     # Clang-18 is needed by doxygen
-    - pacman -Sy --noconfirm clang18
+    - pacman -S --noconfirm clang18
     - wget -nv http://www.nsnam.org/packages/doxygen-1.11.0-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
     - pacman --noconfirm -U doxygen-1.11.0-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
     # no policy is a good policy.