diff --git a/templates/pre-commit.yml b/templates/pre-commit.yml
index 0a389b87022eb1e635ee6a8f40d9980eb00d3339..66ef9ca05b0926391a527886c32fb68a1b52ffb4 100644
--- a/templates/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/templates/pre-commit.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pre-commit:
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"
     SKIP: |-
       gitlab-ci-linter,pip-compile
+    TF_CLI: tofu
     # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
     TF_HTTP_ADDRESS: ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/terraform/state/default
     TF_HTTP_USERNAME: gitlab-ci-token