diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 84547c9dc..22af1822d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ build:archlinux:
        intltool libffi libgl libgnome-keyring libmariadbclient librsvg libsm
        libxcursor libxml2 libxslt libxtst mariadb make mesa ncurses pcre
     - >
+       pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm
        pkg-config poppler poppler-glib postgresql postgresql-libs qt5-svg
        qt5-webkit qt5-x11extras sdl2 sdl2_gfx sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_net
        sdl2_ttf sdl_mixer sdl_ttf smpeg sqlite unixodbc v4l-utils xdg-utils