diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a0a450973d09b822f6dd3b30874870b011e1f982..64771fe437ae0ef108b316ade016630f3d243254 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -161,19 +161,18 @@ unittest_py3.13:
   image: python:3.13-rc
   script:
     # TODO: Replace by '*python_test_script' as soon as 3.13 has been officially released.
+    # TODO Remove the "!" after 3.13 release, which serves as an xfail
     - apt update && apt install -y cargo
     # install dependencies
     - pip install pytest pytest-cov
     # TODO: Use f-branch logic here
-    - ! pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib.git@dev
-    # 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]
+    - (! 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)
+    - (! pip install .[h5_crawler,spss])
     # actual test
-    - ! caosdb-crawler --help
-    - ! pytest --cov=caosdb -vv ./unittests
+    - (! caosdb-crawler --help)
+    - (! pytest --cov=caosdb -vv ./unittests)
 
-  
 inttest:
   tags: [docker]
   services: