diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 472e35fb98..88526b3197 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ steps:
               catch err
                 @error "Could not install NNlib" exception=(err,catch_backtrace())
                 exit(3)
+              finally
+                Pkg.activate(nnlib)
               end
             end