diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0fb8122..3b42eba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ check-commitizen:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
   script:
     - apk add --no-cache --upgrade py3-pip
-    - pip install -U commitizen
+    # Pass --break-system-packages since since this containers sole purpose is
+    # running 2 applications. If we get to advance this, implement a proper venv
+    - pip install --break-system-packages commitizen
     - cz check --message "$CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE" >/tmp/cz_check || true # why does it return 1 if its actually 0?
     - grep "successful" /tmp/cz_check # ugly hack to workaround the above issue
   rules:
@@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ tag-to-release:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
   script:
     - apk add --no-cache --upgrade git py3-pip
-    - pip install -U commitizen
+    # Pass --break-system-packages since since this containers sole purpose is
+    # running 2 applications. If we get to advance this, implement a proper venv
+    - pip install --break-system-packages -U commitizen
     - git clone "$CI_PROJECT_URL.git"
     - cd "$CI_PROJECT_NAME"
     - CHANGELOG=$(cz changelog "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" --dry-run | sed /^Invalid/d)