diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72fcff2b51eb69c61ed895cabbfb750cc245fe3f..d6a267a672c13f17951bead0ae246299e89121ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ docker_almalinux_build:
        - ./build/openfpm_numerics/src/numerics
        - ./openfpm_numerics/test
    script:
+     - yum install openssh-clients
      - mkdir -p openfpm_dependencies
      - mkdir /root/.ssh && chmod 700 /root/.ssh
      - cp id_rsa.pub /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub && chmod 644 /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub