diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2b80d2db9296994df9fd493a61dd7a74e57cf66f..8df52d2a743bad514ad8f08979b4ebce3d1a1848 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ linux:build:
     - docker
 
   script:
-    - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ="Europe/London" apt update && apt install -y build-essential uuid-dev git libmsgpack-dev liburiparser-dev libgnutls28-dev cmake ninja-build cppcheck
+    - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ="Europe/London" ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone && apt update && apt install -y build-essential uuid-dev git libmsgpack-dev liburiparser-dev libgnutls28-dev cmake ninja-build cppcheck
     - mkdir build && cd build
     - cmake $CI_PROJECT_DIR -GNinja -DFTL_VERSION=$CI_COMMIT_TAG -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color" -DUSE_CPPCHECK=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCPACK_GENERATOR=DEB
     - ninja