diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 962a43d3ad99a52d3d5ff663e9d35736f3a30a93..b1baf601debe26cd9eaab7f61c60b5a7402e402b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ building:
   stage: build
   script:
     - Rscript -e 'install.packages("remotes")'
+    - Rscript -e 'install.packages("devtools")'
     - R -e "remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)"
     - R -e 'devtools::check()'