diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7242af2cc7242a29f305941c1d78fcf95a751fe2..bf9a12952b1ab9f83f05536fd5a4b3e3ede3a629 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ ubuntu:
         DISTRO: ubuntu
     parallel:
         matrix:
-            - CODENAME: [xenial, bionic, focal]        
+            - CODENAME: [xenial, bionic, focal]
     before_script:
-        - apt-get update -yqq
-        - apt-get install -yqq apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg
-        - gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 14AA40EC0831756756D7F66C4F4EA0AAE5267A6C
-        - gpg --export 14AA40EC0831756756D7F66C4F4EA0AAE5267A6C | apt-key add -
-        - echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/pxenialhp/ubuntu $CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
+        - apt-get update -yq
+        - apt-get install -yq software-properties-common
+        - add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
 
 archive:
     image: busybox