diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 31a6e59..8d41caf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ variables:
 
 build_stable:
   before_script:
-    - dnf update -y --nogpgcheck && dnf install -y --nogpgcheck $DEPENDENCIES
+    - dnf upgrade -y --nogpgcheck fedora-release fedora-repos*
+    - dnf update -y && dnf install -y $DEPENDENCIES
   script:
     - CPPFLAGS='-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' ./autogen.sh --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-gtk-doc --enable-gtk-tests
     - make