diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index ac79cdc32..b6efea3aa 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ stages:
            echo "SPACK SPEC:"
            echo $SPACK_SPEC
            # run uber to build tpls
-           python3 scripts/uberenv/uberenv.py -k --spec "${SPACK_SPEC}"
+           python3 scripts/uberenv/uberenv.py -k --spec "${SPACK_SPEC} --spack-env-file=scripts/uberenv_configs/spack_configs/envs/alpinedav-ubuntu_18.04_devel/spack.yaml
         displayName: 'Spack Build Tpls'
 
       - script: |