diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yaml b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
index 371be62e3ffbc64945be81cf07c92cc32c47ef74..abe5e1466692da87c702ba95c4ddda00c136835e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ hivemind_sync:
     PYTHONUSERBASE: ./local-site
 
   script:
-    - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip setuptools
+    - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip setuptools gitpython
     - scripts/ci_sync.sh "$HIVEMIND_DB_NAME" "$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING" "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" $HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK $HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT
 
   artifacts: