diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1cdbe22df9fe356a542f96478bef470d6b182fba..a0a450973d09b822f6dd3b30874870b011e1f982 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ unittest_py3.13:
     # 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
+    - ! 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]