diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 64b372da1c3f8fc7e9e12173dd274a3d421db08c..d44ab2a01de89dd639b821c1b6801fbff5ab946b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 # This specific template is located at:
 # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Getting-Started.gitlab-ci.yml
 
+default:
+  tags:
+    - docker
+  image: python:3.10-slim-buster
+
 stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
   - build
   - test