diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 58f50d4110284486fc3df5673eccf0fe7abb9362..dad7da323e783d28ed02c6df9a0c3258830c6558 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ gcov_gcc_9:
   before_script:
     - export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     - apt-get update
-    - pip3 install gcovr
+    - pip3 install gcovr==5.0
     - gcovr --version
 
   script: