diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 729693c2e9375544e10bf8bc3b949bfca384759d..612aaa1f3e3edaa3b57486e25e2d25858fb02217 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ pages_prepare: &pages_prepare
   tags: [ cached-dind ]
   stage: deploy
   needs: []
+  image: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib/testenv:latest
 #  only:
 #    refs:
 #      - /^release-.*$/i