diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py
index 919c322c2b0..392625b742c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/ci.py
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ def test_ci_generate_with_custom_settings(
             "spack -d ci rebuild",
             "cd ENV",
             "spack env activate --without-view .",
+            "spack spec /$SPACK_JOB_SPEC_DAG_HASH",
             "spack ci rebuild",
         ]
         assert ci_obj["after_script"] == ["rm -rf /some/path/spack"]