diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2bafca1cc8..4f331e3dfa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ before_script:
   - sudo apt-get -q -y update
   # Make sure we have some curl stuff for pycurl which we need for some Python stuff
   # And the CI report upload needs uuidgen from uuid-runtime
-  - sudo apt-get -q -y install --no-upgrade docker.io python3-pip python3-virtualenv libcurl4-gnutls-dev python-dev npm nodejs node-gyp uuid-runtime libgnutls28-dev doxygen libzstd-dev
+  - sudo apt-get -q -y install --no-upgrade docker.io python3-pip python3-virtualenv libcurl4-gnutls-dev python-dev npm nodejs node-gyp uuid-runtime libgnutls28-dev doxygen libzstd-dev bcftools
   - which junit-merge || sudo npm install -g junit-merge
   # Configure Docker to use a mirror for Docker Hub and restart the daemon
   - |