diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 95cb0b498030cee8d6bdc31ef445c9d35064fb15..916725d7790b83aed5a384cfd37af835ee80cf1f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ jupyter-build:
   image: sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf
   script:
     - python3 -V  # Print out python version for debugging
-    - pip install virtualenv
+    - python3 -m pip install virtualenv
+    - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    - python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
     - virtualenv venv
     - source venv/bin/activate
-    - pip install --upgrade pip
-    - pip install --upgrade setuptools # fix distutils problems?
-    - pip install -r requirements.txt -v
+    - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    - python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools # fix distutils problems?
+    - python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt -v
     - alias python=python3  # for jb clean ...
     - jupyter-book clean .
     - jupyter-book build . --builder html