diff --git a/arkoala-arkts/.gitlab-ci.yml b/arkoala-arkts/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 99eba0be1eec8f374c6d5632778e6669264493d2..141082cdce90987d78d8a48ef003171722577b54 100644
--- a/arkoala-arkts/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/arkoala-arkts/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -126,11 +126,9 @@ install node modules (arkoala-arkts):
     - install node modules (arkoala-arkts)
     - install node modules (incremental)
     - install node modules (interop)
-    - regenerate plugin-api
   before_script:
     - !reference [.setup, script]
-    - npm run panda:sdk:install --prefix arkoala-arkts
-    - npm run compile --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts
+    - !reference [.setup, regenerate-plugin-api]
   script:
     - npm run build:compat:inc:capi --prefix incremental/compat
 
@@ -143,11 +141,9 @@ install node modules (arkoala-arkts):
     - install node modules (arkoala-arkts)
     - install node modules (incremental)
     - install node modules (interop)
-    - regenerate plugin-api
   before_script:
     - !reference [.setup, script]
-    - npm run panda:sdk:install --prefix arkoala-arkts
-    - npm run compile --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts
+    - !reference [.setup, regenerate-plugin-api]
   script:
     - npm run build:common:inc:capi --prefix incremental/common
 
@@ -160,12 +156,9 @@ install node modules (arkoala-arkts):
     - install node modules (arkoala-arkts)
     - install node modules (incremental)
     - install node modules (interop)
-    - regenerate plugin-api
   before_script:
     - !reference [.setup, script]
-    - npm run panda:sdk:install --prefix arkoala-arkts
-    # need the library as well as the plugins built
-    - npm run run --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts 
+    - !reference [.setup, regenerate-plugin-api]
   script:
     - npm run run:user:pure-sts --prefix arkoala-arkts/trivial/user
 
diff --git a/arkoala-arkts/libarkts/.gitlab-ci.yml b/arkoala-arkts/libarkts/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 56f44462010b5926176ed266f6346a234f4d4ae3..68ace4dd1f820f6fdc8536450e759b909728ed77 100644
--- a/arkoala-arkts/libarkts/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/arkoala-arkts/libarkts/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ build plugin-api:
         - !reference [ .setup, script ]
         - cd arkoala-arkts/libarkts
         - npm run panda:sdk:install
+        - npm run regenerate
     script:
         - npm run compile
     needs:
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ test plugin-api:
         - !reference [ .setup, script ]
         - cd arkoala-arkts/libarkts
         - npm run panda:sdk:install
+        - npm run regenerate
     script:
         - npm run test
     needs:
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ test example arkts-plugin:
         - !reference [ .setup, script ]
         - cd arkoala-arkts/libarkts
         - npm run panda:sdk:install
+        - npm run regenerate
     script:
         - npm run run
     needs:
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ test libarkts playground:
         - !reference [ .setup, script ]
         - cd arkoala-arkts/libarkts
         - npm run panda:sdk:install
+        - npm run regenerate
     script:
         - npm run run:playground
     needs:
diff --git a/arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin/.gitlab-ci.yml b/arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 51db6fa47f4de74fcde6d68d223cb10c64710301..0f78f448ca02b0b61d0cc67010b860c5e5810776 100644
--- a/arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ build memo-plugin:
     - install node modules (interop)
   before_script:
     - !reference [.setup, script]
-    - npm run panda:sdk:install --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts
-    - npm run compile --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts
+    - !reference [.setup, regenerate-plugin-api]
   script:
     - npm run compile --prefix arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin
 
@@ -28,13 +27,12 @@ test memo-plugin:
     - <ArkTS> build incremental.abc
   before_script:
     - !reference [.setup, script]
+    - !reference [.setup, regenerate-plugin-api]
     - npm run compile:all --prefix incremental/compat
     - npm run compile --prefix incremental/common
     - npm run compile --prefix incremental/compiler-plugin
     - npm run compile --prefix incremental/runtime
     - npm run unmemoize --prefix incremental/runtime
-    - npm run panda:sdk:install --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts
-    - npm run compile --prefix arkoala-arkts/libarkts
     - npm run compile --prefix arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin
   script:
     - npm run demo:run --prefix arkoala-arkts/memo-plugin
diff --git a/gitlab/setup.yml b/gitlab/setup.yml
index a04c621a2d391e0b6bd99d75e40dee7492f852b1..900f68433fb3cb1669e7362ccf41b75c4c66770c 100644
--- a/gitlab/setup.yml
+++ b/gitlab/setup.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     - npm config set @idlizer:registry https://nexus.bz-openlab.ru:10443/repository/koala-npm/
     - npm config set //nexus.bz-openlab.ru:10443/repository/koala-npm/:_auth $NEXUS_NPM_PASS
     - npm config list
+  regenerate-plugin-api:
+    - cd arkoala-arkts/libarkts
+    - npm run reinstall:regenerate
+    - npm run compile
+    - npm run compile:plugins
+    - cd -
 
 .linux-vm-shell-task:
     tags: