diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 06217ea5e56e3434ee1b745f0587bb4bb0a447f3..b1f162d013e83b0d3c01f211c862429c5855409a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Autobranch:
       lisa_python -m venv "$venv" && source "$venv/bin/activate"
 
       # Ensure we have up to date versions of every pre-installed packages
-      lisa_python -m pip freeze --all | cut -f1 -d '=' > "$packages"
+      lisa_python -m pip freeze --exclude-editable --all | cut -f1 -d '=' > "$packages"
       lisa_python -m pip install --upgrade -r "$packages"
 
       lisa_python -m pip install pip-audit ./tools/lisa-combine-gitlab-mr