diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6ebc9f63d335adbb530214eb629980c7d052c990..2e84fe7c698567dbcafa315a5775e3b227eaf6b6 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ build-from-test-image:
   script:
     - pip3 install --upgrade pip
     - pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/chasemc/ncbi-genome-download@4c5c24e27aa8123c7995890046b17b815da3571b 
     - py.test test/test_install/test_make_all-installed.py -xv