diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c722f0a597d6a49eae8abe59bfd64903742ff64e..f344e61639bc7ee0deb031f5072e8861a82abd96 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ variables:
   ELASTIC_URL: "http://elastic:changeme@elasticsearch:9200"
   DOCKER_VERSION: "20.10.1"
   CACHE_CLASSES: "true"
+  FF_USE_FASTZIP: "true"
 
   # Preparing custom clone path to reduce space used by all random forks
   # on GitLab.com's Shared Runners. Our main forks - especially the security