diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1a691d4507201d84f0df6d070264d1648bb2d5f6..368cb6041710a7ef248d9a7227063db7d7f89bc2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ test:
   before_script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
   script:
-    - apt-get update -qy
-    - apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip
+    apk add --update py-pip
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - pytest
     - docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.vhr18.yml -c docker-compose.vhr18.dev.yml vhr18-pvs