diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1b6bb6cf89230617ffdb61d3cc5c5d032761c1f0..4f8080781991f1db1376eb5b17b0f71db76691e7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ stages:
 before_script:
   - apt-get update --yes
   - apt-get install --yes build-essential cmake libfmt-dev pybind11-dev
-  - pip3 install pytest pytest-cov
-  - pip3 install .
-  - pip3 show b_asic
+  - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+  - python --version
+  - pip install pytest pytest-cov
+  - pip install .
+  - pip show b_asic
 
 .run-test:
   stage: test