diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7df5a588cefaa9c2195bc5edc4fa6c7a36ac12c8..11196d9add195789e93f6b0ca68af93cc4d318d8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ image: ubuntu
 before_script:
   - apt-get -qq update -y && apt-get -qq upgrade -y
   - apt-get -qq install -y python3-pip python3-dev build-essential
-  - pip install --upgrade pip
-  - pip install virtualenv
+  - pip3 install --upgrade pip
+  - pip3 install virtualenv
 
 mytestrunner:
   script: