diff --git a/.ci/azure/pipelines/obs-packaging-ci.yml b/.ci/azure/pipelines/obs-packaging-ci.yml
index 3e49cfdd..2bff8abd 100644
--- a/.ci/azure/pipelines/obs-packaging-ci.yml
+++ b/.ci/azure/pipelines/obs-packaging-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ jobs:
       sudo apt-get install -y git
       git config --global user.email "azure-pipeline@kata.io"
       git config --global user.name "azure-pipeline"
+      .ci/packaging/setup.sh
     displayName: 'Setup'
+    env:
+      CI: true
+      branch: $(system.pullRequest.targetBranch)
+      GITHUB_PR: $(system.pullRequest.pullRequestNumber)
 
   - bash: |
       # This is set by azure, but we use the same variable
diff --git a/.ci/packaging/setup.sh b/.ci/packaging/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..980b508c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/packaging/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+set -o errtrace
+
+export GOPATH=~/go
+export kata_repo="github.com/kata-containers/packaging"
+export pr_number=${GITHUB_PR:-}
+export pr_branch="PR_${pr_number}"
+
+go get github.com/kata-containers/tests
+${GOPATH}/src/github.com/kata-containers/tests/.ci/resolve-kata-dependencies.sh
diff --git a/scripts/lib.sh b/scripts/lib.sh
index 27e1410a..f043fc0f 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ get_from_kata_deps() {
 	else
 		versions_file="versions-${branch}.yaml"
 	fi
+
+	#make sure yq is installed
+	install_yq >&2
+
 	if [ ! -e "${versions_file}" ]; then
 		yaml_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/runtime/${branch}/versions.yaml"
 		echo "versions file (${versions_file}) does not exist" >&2
 		echo "Download from ${yaml_url}" >&2
-		#make sure yq is installed
-		install_yq >&2
 		curl --silent -o "${versions_file}" "$yaml_url"
 	fi
 	result=$("${GOPATH}/bin/yq" read "$versions_file" "$dependency")