diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 79e73e62ec..e6d3fcb0b0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ stages:
 
 rust-nightly:
   stage: build
-  image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+  image: ubuntu:latest
   script:
-    - cargo build --verbose
+    - apt-get update
+    - curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain nightly
+    - source /root/.cargo/bin:$PATH
+    - cargo build
     - cargo test --verbose
   allow_failure: false