diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 46275a747acb600c6b39720a24b5e8dff99d42e7..e85c7321ff53854f66c68f7a5a2c77a7fff0c00b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ variables:
     - source ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/activate ${CONDA_PREFIX}
     - conda install --yes -c conda-forge -p ${CONDA_PREFIX} opencv==2.4.12
     - pip install --use-wheel --no-index --pre dist/*.whl
-    - pip install pillow<3
+    - pip install pillow==2.9.0
   script:
     - cd ${CONDA_PREFIX}    
     - export PYTHONPATH="../PythonFaceEvaluation/src:$PYTHONPATH"