diff --git a/ci/validate.yaml b/ci/validate.yaml
index 36799ce..be7ae1b 100644
--- a/ci/validate.yaml
+++ b/ci/validate.yaml
@@ -86,15 +86,10 @@
       # Still run the next step if this one fails
       ignore_errors: true
 
-    - name: Perform dependency resolution for the base variant
-      ansible.builtin.shell:
+    - name: Compose the base variant
+      ansible.builtin.command:
         chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
-        cmd: "just compose-dry-run base-atomic"
-
-    # - name: Compose the base variant
-    #   ansible.builtin.command:
-    #     chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
-    #     cmd: just compose-image base-atomic
+        cmd: just compose-image base-atomic
 
     - name: Check if any previous dependency resolution steps failed
       ansible.builtin.shell: