diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9579b67b70abe18f42c551316ec44c29e73de88..3cd2f7d10d9983d0c3cd07b9a95f7ccec7838096 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ Autobranch:
       venv=$(mktemp -d)
       lisa_python -m venv "$venv" && source "$venv/bin/activate"
       lisa_python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      lisa_python -m pip install ./tools/lisa-combine-gitlab-mr
+      lisa_python -m pip install pip-audit ./tools/lisa-combine-gitlab-mr
+      pip-audit || exit 1
 
       function update_branch() {
           local label=$1