diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4fd85e012fe37b28847bb724ebdeed081d0a3e88..d73bc2b439107c448aa85e26315c49d1499bdc83 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ variables:
 .apt-template: &apt-template
 - export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 - export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-- echo Etc/UTC > /etc/timezone
+- ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC /etc/localtime
 - echo 'quiet "1";'
        'APT::Install-Recommends "0";'
        'APT::Install-Suggests "0";'