diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index a037221ac08..b430b9c655e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ variables:
    DEBIAN_BASE_TAG: "20240729-rustc-bump"
 
    DEBIAN_X86_64_BUILD_IMAGE_PATH: "debian/x86_64_build"
-   DEBIAN_BUILD_TAG: "20240717-pyyaml-3"
+   DEBIAN_BUILD_TAG: "20240909-filelock"
 
    DEBIAN_X86_64_TEST_BASE_IMAGE: "debian/x86_64_test-base"
    DEBIAN_ARM64_TEST_BASE_IMAGE: "debian/arm64_test-base"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
index 4aef2bfef30..29f36881960 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ from lava.utils import DEFAULT_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUTS as GL_SECTION_TIMEOUTS
 STRUCTURAL_LOG = defaultdict(list)
 
 try:
-    from ci.structured_logger import StructuredLogger
+    from structured_logger import StructuredLogger
 except ImportError as e:
     print_log(
         f"Could not import StructuredLogger library: {e}. "
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
index 9607317a911..351c16f7eca 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ tar -cf artifacts/install.tar install
 cp -Rp .gitlab-ci/common artifacts/ci-common
 cp -Rp .gitlab-ci/lava artifacts/
 cp -Rp .gitlab-ci/b2c artifacts/
+cp bin/ci/structured_logger.py artifacts/
 
 if [ -n "$S3_ARTIFACT_NAME" ]; then
     # Pass needed files to the test stage
diff --git a/bin/ci/requirements.txt b/bin/ci/requirements.txt
index 77170882b42..44875ed6a30 100644
--- a/bin/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/bin/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 colorama==0.4.*
 filecache==0.81
+filelock==3.*
 gql==3.*
 kaleido==0.2.*
 python-dateutil==2.*