diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f56da52da1d167f11eaca801c2bf0cd6fe5ad642..2e4fcdc7f12c0dcef7a2c7add6b0e7892b9ac2b0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ unittest_py3.7:
   script: &python_test_script
     # Python docker has problems with tox and pip so use plain pytest here
     - touch ~/.pylinkahead.ini
-    - pip install nose pytest pytest-cov python-dateutil jsonschema>=4.4.0
+    - pip install pynose pytest pytest-cov jsonschema>=4.4.0 setuptools
     - pip install .
     - python -m pytest unittests