diff --git a/.bazelrc.ci b/.bazelrc.ci
index 679a169bbaee46edc2bf106ead37db831230a6fb..ea22151ecc9fe6d2ad2b134ca9a08487ab920f17 100644
--- a/.bazelrc.ci
+++ b/.bazelrc.ci
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test --test_output=errors
 test --test_verbose_timeout_warnings
 
 # Validate that the lockfile is correct
-common --lockfile_mode=error
+common --lockfile_mode=${CI_LOCKFILE_MODE}
 
 # These locations are cached on the CI
 build:local --disk_cache=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/bazel/disk
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d82e5ce525899ab709f4c3e923fe07ab79bb902..7ad9321e255411af95be0d6d33f46811b64bea92 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,36 +14,58 @@ include:
         CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
         CI_COMMIT_SHA
         CI_SERVER_HOST
+        CI_LOCKFILE_MODE
 
 default:
   tags:
     - arm64
 
-test:
+.test:
   extends: .bazelisk
   cache:
     - !reference [.bazelisk, cache]
     - key: "bazel-cache-${CI_PROJECT_ID}"
       paths:
-      - ".cache/bazel/disk"
-      - ".cache/bazel/repo"
+        - ".cache/bazel/disk"
+        - ".cache/bazel/repo"
+  variables:
+    CI_LOCKFILE_MODE: error
+    CONFIG: local
+  script:
+    - (cd "${ROOT}"; bazelisk test --config="${CONFIG}" //...)
+
+config:
+  extends: .test
   parallel:
     matrix:
       - ROOT:
-        - .
-        - e2e
+          - .
+          - e2e
         CONFIG:
-        - local
-        - remote
-  script:
-    - cd "${ROOT}"; bazelisk test --config="${CONFIG}" //...
+          - local
+          - remote
+
+version:
+  extends: .test
+  variables:
+    CI_LOCKFILE_MODE: "off"
+  parallel:
+    matrix:
+      - ROOT:
+          - .
+          - e2e
+        USE_BAZEL_VERSION:
+          - 7.1.0
+          - 7.x
+          - last_rc
 
 # TODO: switch this out for `rules_semantic_release`
 semantic-release:
+  extends: .test
   stage: .post
-  extends: .bazelisk
   needs:
-    - test
+    - config
+    - version
   image: node:lts
   cache:
     key:
diff --git a/e2e/.bazelrc.ci b/e2e/.bazelrc.ci
index 679a169bbaee46edc2bf106ead37db831230a6fb..ea22151ecc9fe6d2ad2b134ca9a08487ab920f17 100644
--- a/e2e/.bazelrc.ci
+++ b/e2e/.bazelrc.ci
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test --test_output=errors
 test --test_verbose_timeout_warnings
 
 # Validate that the lockfile is correct
-common --lockfile_mode=error
+common --lockfile_mode=${CI_LOCKFILE_MODE}
 
 # These locations are cached on the CI
 build:local --disk_cache=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/bazel/disk
diff --git a/e2e/MODULE.bazel b/e2e/MODULE.bazel
index 1ee2ad190ad6bc376357d7b02813673eba7886f0..b12918789b93479fea7034806975b6698b46b97f 100644
--- a/e2e/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/e2e/MODULE.bazel
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module(
     ],
 )
 
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "toolchain_utils", version = "1.0.0-beta.17")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_coreutils", version = "1.0.0-beta.7")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_diff", version = "1.0.0-beta.5")
diff --git a/e2e/MODULE.bazel.lock b/e2e/MODULE.bazel.lock
index f010047014674cefa3529df9ee6f2d0b43da9d58..a5a3ad4f5349d703302e1fdac1b42b9b9bb6ec86 100644
--- a/e2e/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/e2e/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.4.2/MODULE.bazel": "3bd40978e7a1fac911d5989e6b09d8f64921865a45822d8b09e815eaa726a651",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.5.0/MODULE.bazel": "32880f5e2945ce6a03d1fbd588e9198c0a959bb42297b2cfaf1685b7bc32e138",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.6.1/MODULE.bazel": "8fdee2dbaace6c252131c00e1de4b165dc65af02ea278476187765e1a617b917",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.6.1/source.json": "082ed5f9837901fada8c68c2f3ddc958bb22b6d654f71dd73f3df30d45d4b749",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.7.1/MODULE.bazel": "3120d80c5861aa616222ec015332e5f8d3171e062e3e804a2a0253e1be26e59b",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.7.1/source.json": "f121b43eeefc7c29efbd51b83d08631e2347297c95aac9764a701f2a6a2bb953",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/buildozer/7.1.2/MODULE.bazel": "2e8dd40ede9c454042645fd8d8d0cd1527966aa5c919de86661e62953cd73d84",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/buildozer/7.1.2/source.json": "c9028a501d2db85793a6996205c8de120944f50a0d570438fcae0457a5f9d1f8",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/download_utils/1.0.0-beta.2/MODULE.bazel": "bced1551849a5d1ca00b985c0d267ab690af840f04c685f2c62f40e92f66fac0",