diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 98b052e45c19a7e11c383be22aac83c877248094..f8817838eb4aa62d3c20d530dcae609a995ba55f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ default:
   script:
     - cd ..
     - echo "setwd(\"$(pwd)\")" > .Rprofile
-    - R -e 'utils::install.packages("usethis")'
+    - R -e 'utils::install.packages("usethis", repo = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")'
     - R -e 'remotes::install_deps(dep = T)'
     - R CMD build airgr
     - rename "s/airGR/${R_VERSION}.airGR/" airGR_*.tar.gz