diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9d658fdb7a1b42fbb9386200a1a872679408e35..f06ce9eac55fbdae1123dd258205b9c71ad73837 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-image: python:rc-alpine
-#python:alpine
+image: python:alpine
+#python:rc-alpine
+#
 
 before_script:
   # forcing pip version 19.3.1 as pip version 20.0 has https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7217
   # reset to default "pip install --upgrade pip" when the issue is resolved
-  - pip install --upgrade pip==19.3.1
+  #- pip install --upgrade pip==19.3.1
+  #
+  - pip install --upgrade pip
   - pip install markdown
   - pip install Pygments
   - pip install mkdocs