diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9b788e33d9c76a7f544838004e5917dfa694037b..a01b0830cca80c7949be578a455760c4f9e58015 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ default:
       - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip
   before_script:
     - python -V
-    - pip install virtualenv
-    - virtualenv $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv
+    #- pip install virtualenv
+    #- virtualenv $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv
+    - python -m venv $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.venv
     - 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