diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/deploy.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3c15d4e..09d81fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
-  image: docker:stable
+  image: docker:dind
+  before_script:
+  # docker login asks for the password to be passed through stdin for security
+  # we use $CI_JOB_TOKEN here which is a special token provided by GitLab
+  - echo -n $CI_JOB_TOKEN | docker login -u gitlab-ci-token --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY
   script:
     # - VERSION="$(python scripts/get_replication_version.py)"
     # - echo "Building docker image with version ${VERSION}"