diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 54bde98..2be0e51 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stages:
 test:
   image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:$UV_VERSION-python$PYTHON_VERSION-$BASE_LAYER
   script:
+    - uv venv
+    - .venv/bin/activate
     - uv sync --frozen
     - python unittests.py