diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6ef4ef6f0c6f10fddda55c94acf11293fc0927e1..fe996a1cf043771492b287a462aa1a19b04edf08 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ humanDataHub:
   - query=$(echo 'https://'${referenceBase}'/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Reference_Genome/Reference_Version='${GRCv}'.'${GRCp}'/Annotation_Version=GENCODE%20'${GENCODE})
   - curl --request GET ${query} > refQuery.json
   - refURL=$(python ./workflow/scripts/extractRefData.py)
-  - pip install deriva==1.3.0 --user
+  - pip install --user deriva==1.3.0
   - deriva-hatrac-cli --host ${referenceBase} get ${refURL}
 
 mousenDataHub:
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ mousenDataHub:
   - query=$(echo 'https://'${referenceBase}'/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Reference_Genome/Reference_Version='${GRCv}'.'${GRCp}'/Annotation_Version=GENCODE%20'${GENCODE})
   - curl --request GET ${query} > refQuery.json
   - refURL=$(python ./workflow/scripts/extractRefData.py)
-  - pip install deriva==1.3.0 --user
+  - pip install --user deriva==1.3.0
   - deriva-hatrac-cli --host ${referenceBase} get ${refURL}