diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 527a09f8be569421899d80f1b11b1d22de03b269..1f99e500845b784221e3a01bb33b59d1d8839ef7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ default:
       - .pip-cache/
   before_script:
     - python3 --version
-    - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-    - pip3 install build twine
+    - pip3 install --break-system-packages build twine
 
 stages:
   - build