diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a1fd1af732dbfcf546d87d5dafc02a6975eabf1c..ec1e6ff0be572ae80a7f6aa94308fcd9457aaef2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ setup-environment:
   stage: environment
   #image: python3.9-slim
   script:
+    - apt-get install python3-venv
     - python3 -m venv .venv
     - source .venv/bin/activate
     - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip