diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5351b5b..e4d5d82 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ cache:
     - /var/cache/apt/archives/
 
 before_script:
-  - apt-get install git-core
+  - apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev build-essential
+  - wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v1.9.4.tar.gz
+  - tar -zxf v1.9.4.tar.gz
+  - cd git-1.9.4
+  - git config --global user.name "NewUser"
+  - git config --global user.email newuser@example.com
+  - git config --list
 
 pages:
   script: