diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 54cf46e6f12045d4d60940f8a7e261711282f85b..c535399724d1fc9823a804ffd50ad2e2df0973b1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 default:
-  image: ubuntu:22.04
+  image: python:3.12-slim
 
 stages:
   - build
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
 
 before_script:
-  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -y pip
   - pip install setuptools
 
 build_package: