diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1b6a4191e6e6d3de4f3f1595ad2d723ed28814fd..6c1a6178a6e43a59681f59c3bd8cd13d5798ca2b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ makefile_generation_and_compilation_plus_run_nrt_tests_cluster:
         - module list
         - export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin
         - echo $PATH
-        - /usr/bin/perl --version
+        - ls /usr/bin
+        - yum update -y && yum install -y perl && /usr/bin/perl --version
         - autoconf -i
         - ./configure
         - make; cd src