diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6efd2009fb5813cc83a26d1dcd44b2bef65535c6..356852198d621a77f92f47379a5ca858d347b78e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ before_script:
 
   # install the required packages for the running CI tests
   - |
+    apt-get -yqqf install lsb-release zip unzip subversion mysql-client --fix-missing
     lsb_release -a
 
-    apt-get -yqqf install zip unzip subversion mysql-client --fix-missing
-
     if [[ $(lsb_release -a) =~ "stretch" ]]; then
       apt-get -yqqf install default-libmysqlclient-dev --fix-missing
     else