diff --git a/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml b/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml
index 9444ee23..668e662d 100644
--- a/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml
+++ b/examples/gitlab-minimal.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ linux:
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
   script:
     - curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
-    - python -m pip install cibuildwheel
+    - python -m pip install cibuildwheel==1.9.0
     - cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
   artifacts:
     paths: