diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 33c928961a3ad817cbfb90b092d1c511f31c399e..858187c8917ae0f40a77324cd0494cedbdd6a718 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ before_script:
 test-3.4:
   image: mmpe/wetb
   script:
+  - pip install -U setuptools
   - pip install -e .
   - python tests/testsuite.py
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