diff --git a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-ubuntu.yml b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-ubuntu.yml
index 798f2538f..d99c35c89 100644
--- a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-ubuntu.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       - $UBUNTU == "True"
   before_script:
     - apt-get --quiet update --yes
+    - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y tzdata
     - apt-get --quiet install gcc g++ python python3 python-dev qt5-default openmpi-bin openmpi-common openmpi-doc libopenmpi-dev gsl-bin libgsl-dev ccache flex bison libfl-dev sqlite sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libgtk-3-dev libboost-all-dev $LIBGSL --yes
   variables:
     COMPILER: g++