diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 81bf1a6fe92ff16f7d7a661a7decc83bc6ec4a6d..3dcfeef100f648753b43ebae785864cb2dd86de6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build:
     - apt-get -y update
     - command -v git || apt-get -y install git
     - command -v python3 || apt-get -y install python3
-    - command -v pip3 || apt-get -y install python3-pip twine python3-build
+    - command -v pip3 || apt-get -y install python3-pip python3-build
     - command -v curl || apt-get -y install curl
     - command -v bsdtar || apt-get -y install libarchive-tools
     - python3 -V  # Print out python version for debugging
@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ upload:
     - apt-get -y update
     - command -v git || apt-get -y install git
     - command -v twine || apt-get -y install twine
+    - python3 -m venv || apt-get -y install python3-venv
+    - python3 -m venv venv
+    - venv/bin/pip3 install twine
   script:
-    - TWINE_PASSWORD=${CI_JOB_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=gitlab-ci-token twine upload --verbose --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi --skip-existing dist/*
+    - TWINE_PASSWORD=${CI_JOB_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=gitlab-ci-token venv/bin/twine upload --verbose --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi --skip-existing dist/*
   needs:
     - job: build
       artifacts: true