diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 11c48a856b463cc1e8b5b8b3774587e92e921bf6..92f30fc3e462ecd8e6096e6d2281db9e451320c7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ before_script:
 .check:
   stage: check
   script:
-  - tlmgr update --self && tlmgr install ec epstopdf-pkg epstopdf-base amsmath
+  - R -q -e 'tinytex::tlmgr("option repository https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/tug/historic/systems/texlive/2021/tlnet-final")'
+  - tlmgr update --self && tlmgr install ec epstopdf-pkg amsmath
   - R -q -e 'remotes::update_packages("rcmdcheck")'
   - R -q -e 'rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = c("--as-cran"), error_on = "warning")'