diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f7004bb68e9ed4ef20fd523d636d7ac5e75049c..fc9a7a40641e8ee27323e91ca5a4ac7f6883a3fd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ benchmarks:
 
 test_conda_setup:
     stage: integration_testing
+    services:
+        - redis
     before_script:
         - apt update
         - apt install -y libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb xdg-utils libcairo2-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev graphviz libgraphviz-dev python-pyglet