diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 63e96a481a399060cb5120d743c48811a143d491..1297d861b980e825c90615a1c583d7bcf33fae61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ include: 'https://gitlab.cern.ch/linuxsupport/rpmci/raw/master/rpm-ci.yml'
 .test_install:
   before_script:
     - if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum-config-manager --add-repo "http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/internal/repos/dbclients8-stable/x86_64/os/"; fi
+    #- if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum install -y oracle-release; fi
+    - if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum install -y https://koji.cern.ch/kojifiles/packages/oracle-release/1.2/1.el8.cern/noarch/oracle-release-1.2-1.el8.cern.noarch.rpm; fi
     # test installing all binary meta packages except basiclite and compat, as these conflicts with 'basic' and 'devel'
     - if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum install -y --nogpgcheck `ls koji/*oracle-instantclient*x86_64.rpm |egrep -v 'basiclite|compat'`; else yum install -y --enablerepo=cernonly,cernonly-testing `ls koji/*oracle-instantclient*x86_64.rpm |egrep -v 'basiclite|compat'`; fi