diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d85a5a279aeff51e72ea8de8a6b80e6db13ba22c..d78c66a11c9c736fc23f8805a987871e0902a814 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+image: docker
+services:
+  - docker:dind
+
 variables:
   CONTAINER_RELEASE_IMAGE: registry.git.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/krause/burnpy:latest