diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e3452486078bc57f90454e9f7399100e6d2c4c73..b3c14e15740c46c9bc91bba38311303ee463a0d2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build-ros:
    - git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@mygit.th-deg.de/roboct/robo_quality/rq_interfaces
    
   script:
+   - rosdep install 
    - colcon build --merge-install
   coverage: '/(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/'
   artifacts: