diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d8218fc81fb26e4f4d59e408802eb78e01fae062..1ff496f1e9838432b339c966b8d4e4e68f681d6f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ cache:
     - node_modules/ # Node modules and dependencies
 
 before_script:
+  image: node:10
+  script:
   - npm install gitbook-cli -g # install gitbook
   - gitbook fetch 3.2.3 # fetch final stable version
   - gitbook install # add any requested plugins in book.json