diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4fd9ceb23f4b9876d0292cca26dd087016a80fab..9f53760c9ab870ef6097af817d8b5ad1e3658eac 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pages:
       Rscript -e "install.packages('rvest')"
       #session 3
       Rscript -e "install.packages('gganimate')"
-      Rscript -e "install.packages('gifski')"
+      Rscript -e "remotes::install_version('gifski', '1.12.0')"
       Rscript -e "install.packages('openxlsx')"
       #session 4
       Rscript -e "install.packages(c('ghibli', 'nycflights13','viridis','ggrepel'))"