diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9b7452cea6c8ee63825df6a9317427defa2c5cc2..e0bd25ab0b2479dd69c689709f0342fae0eed9db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
 
 variables:
+  TERM: ansi
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .parallel_job:
   image: registry.c4science.ch/scitas-stack/rhel:9.3