diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 13c12862552ce10bfaab9834acdaa9ff7744d065..e2ba2f335e124dbbf34869a0872da9b95839b9a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ before_script:
   - export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   - python3 -m venv venv
   - source venv/bin/activate
+  - pip install wheel
   - pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 stages: