diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 139c49c576..500eb46da0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
   # Only clone libdatadog submodule by default
   GIT_SUBMODULE_PATHS: libdatadog
+  # Suppress shared-pipeline jobs (package-oci and its downstream) in the
+  # parent pipeline. They run in the child pipeline (package-gen.yml) where
+  # package loader artifacts are available. Override to "false" in
+  # package-trigger so the child pipeline runs them correctly.
+  SKIP_SHARED_PIPELINE: "true"
   RELIABILITY_ENV_BRANCH:
     value: "master"
     description: "Run a specific datadog-reliability-env branch downstream"
@@ -97,6 +102,12 @@ package-trigger:
     GIT_SUBMODULE_PATHS: libdatadog appsec/third_party/cpp-base64 appsec/third_party/libddwaf appsec/third_party/msgpack-c
     NIGHTLY_BUILD: $NIGHTLY_BUILD
     RELIABILITY_ENV_BRANCH: $RELIABILITY_ENV_BRANCH
+    SKIP_SHARED_PIPELINE: "false"
+
+# requirements_json_test doesn't check SKIP_SHARED_PIPELINE, suppress explicitly
+requirements_json_test:
+  rules:
+    - when: never
 
 validate_supported_configurations_v2_local_file:
   needs: []