diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f89b12345957e84b51f63d56c40a9e09cfc74330..c2b9efc93ecf028b3536e5671e9099d7a400fb1d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: debian:stable
 
 deps:
     stage: build
-    script: apt-get install -y php-cli build-essential make &&  make dependencies
+    script: apt-get update && apt-get install -y php-cli build-essential make &&  make dependencies
 
 perl:
     stage: test