diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index be48d3c6ea4c6e8f08303a5842eddd34ba060ff1..4cef7ebcbb929580873804f6b142beeae7777bb7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ unit-test-job:   # This job runs in the test stage.
     - echo "Running unit tests... "
     - uname -a
     - which python3
-    - apt update && apt upgrade
-    - apt install python python-pip
+    - which pip3
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - sh install.sh
     - python tests/test_flip_image.py