diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b8777d9e5743a2989d26cd15c611ecdcf506dc4..1436ce9c3b3d1b60885329e7d3ec3539240d754b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ js-syntax-check:
   script:
    - apt-get clean
    - apt-get update
-   - apt-get install -y nodejs
-   - ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+#   - apt-get install -y nodejs
+#   - ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+   - curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
    - npm install -g jshint        
    - find htdocs/js/ -name *.js ! -name jquery* | xargs -n 1 jshint --verbose