diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0270266f69b7e8e4f1a44312c3de5c923030fbd1..68435daf0f63d6d82e0f9e2432054e2d33bfae44 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ default:
   image: python:3.9-slim-buster
   cache:
     paths:
-      - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv2
+      - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv
       - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip
   before_script:
     - python -V
     - pip install virtualenv
-    - virtualenv $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv
+    - virtualenv $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv2
     - source $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv/bin/activate
     - pip install --upgrade pip
     - pip install --force-reinstall --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/intel/simple --no-dependencies numpy scipy==1.7.3