diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5483396f6e33042eb5cd20ce73d91399c00f7f7e..a1465a40de115cbe0cd857d57a1b52cd6d3d88a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ unittest_py313:
   script:
     # TODO: Replace by '*python_test_script' as soon as 3.13 has been officially released.
     - apt update && apt install -y cargo
+    - pip install meson[ninja] meson-python
     - pip install pynose pandas pytest pytest-cov gitignore-parser openpyxl>=3.0.7 xlrd==1.2 h5py
     - pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib.git@dev
     - pip install .