diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5bbfed07ab2f6c595fd62baafd434909e2bcb796..b95140beb176d1632cdce8eb0599b888ae36f37d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -371,9 +371,8 @@ install tests:
     UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON: true
   before_script:
     - pip install --upgrade pip
-    - pip install uv
+    - pip install uv==0.2.27
   script:
-    - ls dist/
     - pip install dist/nomad-*.tar.gz
     - python -c 'import nomad.cli'
     - python -c 'from nomad.client import ArchiveQuery'