diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index db210e7b0317a30e9553c9c71db59a5ce9a359f7..62726d9d35a3627b9674beb76b2b9c3a26d95262 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ variables:
   CI_REGISTRY: ${CODE_REGISTRY}
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: ${CODE_REGISTRY_IMAGE}
   # docker variables
+  DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
   FROM_IMAGE: ${CODE_REGISTRY}/devops/images/usgs/centos:latest
   # environment variables
   APP_NAME: geomag-algorithms