diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b315d11da87125cf32863bffe21bc71bc672c699..5a0c5466f544a892f68d72d30e634908ef2a5871 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ run-tox-pipeline:
       - .cache/pip
 
   before_script:
-    - pip install venv
-    - python -m venv venv
+    - pip install virtualenv
+    - virtualenv venv
     - . venv/bin/activate
 
   script: