diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0ae31f4dc3710e954e9d4bccafed4ae3561f8067..fc5005e184869f680bbd484de55ce76cb5a24268 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ fastqc:
 integration_se:
   stage: integration
   script:
+  - ulimit -u 16384
   - nextflow run ./workflow/rna-seq.nf --deriva ./test_data/auth/credential.json --bdbag ./test_data/auth/cookies.txt --repRID 16-1ZX4
 
 integration_pe:
   stage: integration
   script:
+  - ulimit -u 16384
   - nextflow run ./workflow/rna-seq.nf --deriva ./test_data/auth/credential.json --bdbag ./test_data/auth/cookies.txt --repRID Q-Y5JA -with-dag dag.png
   artifacts:
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME"