diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9800f9b627176b973264d6de3ff0751e1078819f..06f8903a2346ccfb34e0b83092a5ab3b94c30a64 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ unittest_py3.13:
     - pip install pytest pytest-cov
     # TODO: Use f-branch logic here
     - pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib.git@dev
-    - pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-advanced-user-tools.git@dev || true
-    - pip install .[h5_crawler,spss]
+    # TODO Remove the "!" after 3.13 release, which serves as an xfail
+    - ! pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-advanced-user-tools.git@dev
+    - ! pip install .[h5_crawler,spss]
     # actual test
-    - caosdb-crawler --help
-    - pytest --cov=caosdb -vv ./unittests || true
+    - ! caosdb-crawler --help
+    - ! pytest --cov=caosdb -vv ./unittests
 
   
 inttest: