diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 995ca161de0f9008ec7d87a58f772599b7fb5aae..55908b5b06622dd8f5ae944f1d0b0ee7226215dc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ test:3.6:
   <<: *test_template
   variables:
     PY_VERSION:  "python3.6"
-    PY_PACKAGES: "python3-pip python3-venv"
+    PY_PACKAGES: "python3-pip python3.6-venv"
     PY_VENV:     "python3.6 -m venv"