diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 33063c36a4679f5dbe8e9490d6f9bac4fc4bad66..d5e283a1c3bc2058b4d1c50e782c82625fc322f8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ rq-pytests-communication:
     - rq-pytests
   script:
     - git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@mygit.th-deg.de/roboct/robo_quality/rq_workflow
+    - colcon build --merge-install
     - source ./install/setup.bash
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pip
     - pip3 install pytest pytest-cov netCDF4 ros2-numpy Pillow pyometiff scipy