diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 09943395a727b3757405c1a6edb4a9c1dfebc05d..5c5e5901c264d3ed2619fc46d4d7ef68fff9c31a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ test_upgrade_debian_package:
      - build_debian_package
   script:
      - apt-get update
-     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ssh software-properties-common dirmngr wget curl apt-transport-https
+     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ssh software-properties-common dirmngr wget curl apt-transport-https postgresql
+     - service postgresql start
      - debian_file=$(ls debian/*.deb)
      - version=$(echo $debian_file| cut -f2 -d"_")
      - echo "PUT $debian_file /docker/incoming" | sftp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no user@debian-repo
@@ -324,7 +325,8 @@ test_install_debian_package:
      - build_debian_package
   script:
      - apt-get update
-     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ssh software-properties-common dirmngr wget curl
+     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ssh software-properties-common dirmngr wget curl postgresql
+     - service postgresql start
      - debian_file=$(ls debian/*.deb)
      - echo "PUT $debian_file /docker/incoming" | sftp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no user@debian-repo
      - ssh root@debian-repo /usr/local/sbin/reprepro-import