diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eec2748df839b102259fb156265a5ae78a83c3a0..14241a01ba4336d58f1af5dad88d221ef0f2e4d9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ variables:
   POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
 
 before_script:
+  - sudo apt-get clean
+  - cd /var/lib/apt && mv lists lists.old && mkdir -p lists/partial && apt-get clean
   - apt-get update && apt-get install -y libsasl2-dev libssl-dev locales locales-all
   - pip install -r requirements.txt --default-timeout=180
   - pip install -r requirements-dev.txt --default-timeout=180