diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index f39269d4aeb8d16ee70a8ef890edfd8215492430..7a9ec810124298659c12504a81ac5bf3d1e6f8d1 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ echo "GPU compilation: $with_gpu"
 if [ x"$hostname" == x"cifarm-centos-node.mpi-cbg.de"  ]; then
 	echo "CentOS node"
 	source /opt/rh/devtoolset-8/enable
+	./install_CMAKE_on_CI.sh $HOME/openfpm_dependencies/openfpm_pdata/$branch/
 fi
 
 if [ x"$hostname" == x"cifarm-ubuntu-node"  ]; then
@@ -37,9 +38,7 @@ if [ x"$hostname" == x"cifarm-mac-node.mpi-cbg.de"  ]; then
 	echo "Mac node"
 	export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
 #	rm -rf $HOME/openfpm_dependencies/openfpm_pdata/$branch/PETSC
-	cd openfpm_vcluster
-	git stash
-	cd ..
+        ./install_CMAKE_on_CI.sh $HOME/openfpm_dependencies/openfpm_pdata/$branch/
 fi
 
 if [ x"$hostname" == x"falcon1" ]; then
diff --git a/install_CMAKE_on_CI.sh b/install_CMAKE_on_CI.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7492ad4088d8737727f255b2b042c06f6edd4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install_CMAKE_on_CI.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -d "$1/CMAKE" ]; then
+   exit 0
+fi
+
+wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.20.3/cmake-3.20.3.tar.gz
+tar -xvf cmake-3.20.3.tar.gz
+cd cmake-3.20.3
+
+./bootstrap --prefix=$1/CMAKE
+make
+make install
+
+