diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 469f64f673286dfc0c7942d4bc3a4c9b950e91d8..6cd2c9b84f6a4bc07464cc9b791bd745ff5bc143 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ default:
       - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip
   before_script:
     - python -V
-    - 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