diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yaml b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
index 57d612a69560a02906cc4a4cba74f5adf9e27640..371be62e3ffbc64945be81cf07c92cc32c47ef74 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ before_script:
 hivemind_build:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip setuptools
+    - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip setuptools gitpython
     - git fetch --tags
     - git tag -f ci_implicit_tag
     - echo $PYTHONUSERBASE
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index a69a9d5b3ec308e68a967aae10b8b1d251e7a7eb..e6cfd04ab9f8de4b2efe1dc53042a627b16082b7 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ aiohttp = "*"
 aiopg = "*"
 "psycopg2-binary" = "*"
 "diff-match-patch" = "*"
+"gitpython" = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]