diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 64bf620e9fae561305375afb037528c2f639f5c4..5ebe6cdd441c49ff540df7745f3b88194ea4249d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ unit-test-job:
   stage: test
   script:
     - echo "Running unit tests..."
+    - python -m venv venv
+    - source venv/bin/activate.sh
+    - pip install dateutil
     - make test