diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a5773e3c18ec261dde270944744b5142eda4ff45..191484b0908542bb6afe6e7e2ab9bd35794ffd19 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stages:
 
 .build_template:
    script:
+      - pip install -I cmake==3.16.3
       - export NUM_CORES=$(nproc --all)
       - export MAX_BUILD_CORES=$(( $(awk '( $1 == "MemTotal:" ) { print $2 }' /proc/meminfo) / ( 4 * 1024 * 1024  ) ))
       - "[[ $MAX_BUILD_CORES -lt $NUM_CORES ]] && export NUM_BUILD_CORES=$MAX_BUILD_CORES || export NUM_BUILD_CORES=$NUM_CORES"