diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 85b57987f3fed5943a5a7740b5a65701ff75c659..5f218a4916d27b4b47c34104ff8c44140a1b4c73 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ image: hpclib/hiepacs
 
 before_script:
   - source /usr/share/modules/init/bash && source /usr/local/share/spack/setup-env.sh && spack load cmake@3.14.1
-  - pip install --user gitlab jinja2 Pygments
+  - python3 -m pip install --user jinja2
+  - python3 -m pip install --user Pygments
 
 variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: normal