diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 848918b05640b2153343a07a4c3c4f1a5e4d70e7..db8d6ca0f346e2f22a8463d39c755c2daebb297e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1
   - module load singularity/3.0.2
+  - module load nextflow/19.09.0
   - ln -sfn /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/test_data/* ./test_data/
   - mkdir -p ~/.deriva
   - mkdir -p ~/.bdbag