diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8951ed363a9f33fd167d5e9a9ee384b2d4a96216..0b5ee8d039955cd98cd3da3a97c0347591796f66 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ unittests:
 
 integrationtests:
   script:
-    - julia --project=test/IntegrationTests -e "import Pkg; Pkg.develop(path=\".\"); Pkg.resolve(); Pkg.instantiate()"
     # using !runtest() because Int(false) = 0 and 0 exit code indicates success in shells
-    - julia --project=test/IntegrationTests -e "using IntegrationTests; exit(!IntegrationTests.runtests())"
+    - julia --project=@. -e "using dg1d; using Pkg; Pkg.activate(\"test/IntegrationTests\"); Pkg.develop(path=\".\"); using IntegrationTests; exit(!IntegrationTests.runtests())"
   only:
     - merge_requests
   artifacts:
@@ -34,9 +33,8 @@ integrationtests:
 
 integrationtests-threads:
   script:
-    - julia --project=test/IntegrationTests -e "import Pkg; Pkg.develop(path=\".\"); Pkg.resolve(); Pkg.instantiate()"
     # using !runtest() because Int(false) = 0 and 0 exit code indicates success in shells
-    - julia --project=test/IntegrationTests --threads 8 -e "using IntegrationTests; exit(!IntegrationTests.runtests())"
+    - julia --project=@. --threads 8 -e "using dg1d; using Pkg; Pkg.activate(\"test/IntegrationTests\"); Pkg.develop(path=\".\"); using IntegrationTests; exit(!IntegrationTests.runtests())"
   only:
     - merge_requests
   artifacts: