diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0548d383f656c983f93db291533bfdfb8bc44a1f..48260ef28fa4644262c008ac58e702afeac51606 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ unittest_py3.8:
   script: &python_test_script
     # Python docker has problems with tox and pip so use plain pytest here
     - touch ~/.pylinkahead.ini
-    - pip install cargo;python_version>="3.13"  # TODO: Check whether this is still necessary after an official 3.13 release
+    - pip install 'cargo;python_version>="3.13"'  # TODO: Check whether this is still necessary after an official 3.13 release
     - pip install pynose pytest pytest-cov jsonschema>=4.4.0 setuptools
     - pip install .
     - python -m pytest unittests