diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f6970d25812271d71cf277eac794470756f3a879..b23dd2a94d70eaa404d4e1b21912a133372b8d44 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ stages:
 
 lint:
   stage: lint
-  image: debian:bookworm
+  image: python:3.11-bookworm
   script:
-  - apt-get update -y
-  - apt-get dist-upgrade -y
-  - apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python3 python3-virtualenv python-is-python3 
+  - pip install virtualenv
   - virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 .
   - source bin/activate
   - pip3 install -r requirements.txt