diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d604332741a7503a3806d7ee419a21f671c9f6f7..e4e27d566c28060d5f164efc75fd9965f62d0eba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ test:
     - redis:4.0
     - name: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.3.2
       alias: elasticsearch
+      command: ["bin/elasticsearch", "-Ediscovery.type=single-node"]
   before_script:
     - pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
   script: