diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 81fd5672c17c7655c40dcb2800d90e8dcc226236..db1bac9a823ec6a44245b1bd26d38e4a58fb6745 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: "recursive"
 
 before_script:
+ # Disable the wget progress bar
+ - echo 'show-progress = off' >> ~/.wgetrc
  - |
     export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     apt-get update -qq &&