diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 571253af..d0e173d8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images:server-latest
 
 test:
   script:
+    - apt-get -qq update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade
     - mkdir -p /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/
     # workaround https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/937
     - pip3 install setuptools==33.1.1