diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0855d94da..628c238ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -133,7 +133,14 @@ trigger:
   - .fdo.container-build@debian
   stage: container-base
   variables:
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: "build-essential curl python3-setuptools liborc-0.4-dev libglib2.0-dev libxml2-dev libgtk-3-dev libegl1-mesa libgles2-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libwayland-egl1-mesa xz-utils libssl-dev git wget ca-certificates ninja-build python3-pip flex bison libglib2.0-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libsoup2.4-dev libvorbis-dev libogg-dev libtheora-dev libmatroska-dev libvpx-dev libopus-dev libgraphene-1.0-dev libjpeg-dev libwayland-dev python3-gi"
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: >-
+      build-essential curl python3-setuptools  liborc-0.4-dev libglib2.0-dev
+      libxml2-dev libgtk-3-dev libegl1-mesa libgles2-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri
+      libgl1-mesa-glx libwayland-egl1-mesa xz-utils libssl-dev git wget
+      ca-certificates ninja-build python3-pip flex bison libglib2.0-dev
+      libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libsoup2.4-dev libvorbis-dev libogg-dev
+      libtheora-dev libmatroska-dev libvpx-dev libopus-dev libgraphene-1.0-dev
+      libjpeg-dev libwayland-dev python3-gi
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_EXEC: >-
       bash ci/install-gst.sh &&
       bash ci/install-gtk4.sh &&