diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3ff3ec3b0e2ba8f31c19f9636e3d49412e2abb9a..9f414e5bc51a13701275578694efdae1cbd96ae0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -309,8 +309,9 @@ test-ui:
   dependencies:
     - build-ui
   before_script:
-    - docker compose build dbrepo-ui
-    - docker compose up -d dbrepo-ui
+    - "apk add bash apache2-utils"
+    - "docker compose build dbrepo-ui"
+    - "docker compose up -d dbrepo-ui"
   script:
     - bash ./dbrepo-ui/test/test_heap.sh || exit 1