diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f37e39229a4415d1a97e3ca58431b099910fa142..ad3750cabbfe7e525439368e83b60fd6d1996fbd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ cache:
   pip install virtualenv
   virtualenv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
+  pip install -U pip setuptools
   make install