diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd3c25a52b8cc331b699797f33622a6818cac389..dbcf17493b97cf85d874a8dc65ea04dc3f59944f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ pages:
     # since they don't need to be part of the dev container for running, only
     # for building documentation. This shaves ~600MB off the size of the gstlal-dev
     # container:
-    - yum -y install texlive-base texlive-dvipng
+    - yum -y install texlive-base texlive-dvipng texlive-ucs
     - yum -y install texlive-latex texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-fonts texlive-latex-bin texlive-latex-bin-bin
     - yum -y install texlive-pictures texlive-pstricks texlive-pstricks-doc texlive-collection-xetex