diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 672f2d907a269789bfa011fd1f889b5930f2dad7..b1ea9b22c207e1c193d82d459655a61f282e821f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test:
     - name: postgres:14
       alias: "db-local"
   script:
-    - pip install "django=~${DJANGO_VERSION}" --upgrade
+    - pip install "django~=${DJANGO_VERSION}" --upgrade
     - pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
     - coverage run --source='.' runtests.py
     - coverage report --skip-covered --omit=*/wsgi.py,*/asgi.py,manage.py,*/apps.py,setup.py