diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f10eba543..d064a30cfd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ checkupdates_filter:
     - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH == 'fdroid/checkupdates-bot-fdroiddata'
   script:
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends git
+    - apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends ca-certificates git
     - git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata.git
     - echo "Checking for modifications to restricted paths:"
     - ! (git diff --merge-base FETCH_HEAD HEAD --name-only | grep -v '^metadata/\S*\.yml$')