diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e3717adbd3b4e47ead464c2bceaffe1282b56097..fab7bc95dd0327d16ac14667c91c5522ed68e63d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
-  - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath pytest-cov
+  - pip install --user pytest pytest-pythonpath pytest-cov
   - module load  nextflow/0.31.0
   - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/chipseq/*fastq.gz test_data/