diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4276e532ec65d0f1015a9fb347f6a892af88a694..e09a5e6c9c4e99d0cf20768217b3fa4521b23074 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ variables:
       junit: junit.xml
   before_script:
     # install dependencies
-    - pipenv --site-packages install --deploy --dev --pre --system
+    - pipenv install --deploy --dev --pre --system
     - which python
   image: ${DEVOPS_REGISTRY}usgs/obspy:latest
   script: