diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1465319..e97bb74 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ image: python:latest
 stages:
   - test
 
+variables:
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
+
 # Change pip's cache directory to be inside the project directory since we can
 # only cache local items.
 variables:
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ before_script:
   - virtualenv venv
   - source venv/bin/activate
   - pip install -r requirements.txt
+  - pip install setuptools
 
 unit_test:
   stage: test