diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 350b264d8891a58f8b268c36b7d0315962ff382e..0371a7f7f806a9a6e9ac5c22d8c5562c6880a4eb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ unit_test:
   before_script:
     - sudo apt-get update
     - sudo apt-get install -y git
-    - pip3 install -r devices/test-requirements.txt
-    - pip3 install -r docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt
   script:
     - cd devices
-    - tox -e py37
+    - tox --recreate -e py37
 integration_test:
   stage: integration-tests
   allow_failure: true
diff --git a/devices/test-requirements.txt b/devices/test-requirements.txt
index 20ed449cd8f17f9110ebe1b70774916abe8c00cb..1cd8ccb799fd1dc8b3b25db9051cb12d42d63bb3 100644
--- a/devices/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/devices/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # order of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall
 # integration process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
+asynctest>=0.13.0 # Apache-2.0
 bandit>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 doc8>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/docker-compose/integration-test.yml b/docker-compose/integration-test.yml
index 239dce0235dcd2b2a6a2a731f373e84c49ea671b..e0d1c6baf58948cdbee5a71ff2f859ab429dcd4b 100644
--- a/docker-compose/integration-test.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/integration-test.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ services:
       - --timeout=30
       - --strict
       - --
-      - tox -e integration
+      - tox --recreate -e integration
diff --git a/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt b/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt
index b9bc7c4a9b743112a472e4e7370f3dd9f8582ded..1349c50ca993b51bb866a7880e3e7fb185049de8 100644
--- a/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt
+++ b/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ python-logstash-async
 gitpython
 PyMySQL[rsa]
 sqlalchemy
-timeout-decorator
-asynctest