diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/default.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/default.gitlab-ci.yml
index b3f28a0e5eecfbf0f731f193c1b1ba91dbf5d5bd..a6261fa24d6e104eacdef108840ba9cec815ea09 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/default.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/default.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ variables:
       fi
     - >
       case $CI_PROJECT_NAME in 
+        "aidge_core" )
+          if [[ "$CI_JOB_NAME" =~ "test.*ubuntu_cpp" ]]; then
+          apt-get install -y -qq git
+        ;;
         "aidge_backend_cuda" )
           apt-get install -y -qq libcudnn8-dev
           # install &configure nvidia container toolkit for cuda repo releases