diff --git a/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml b/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml
index ae8c0b23835c37ad3702bd58e4bd5d3a481129ad..78900d62f3ac252aab77bf0da40f73daea73a9d3 100644
--- a/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
     # versions of these tools!
     state: present
 
+- name: create directories for validation dependencies from Gitlab-CI server
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/usr/share/XmlFormatValidationPlugin/"
+    mode: "0755"
+- name: install validation dependencies from Gitlab-CI server
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: "https://git.slub-dresden.de/digital-preservation/xml_plugin4rosetta/-/releases/permalink/latest/downloads/binaries/XmlFormatValidationPlugin.jar"
+    dest: "/usr/share/XmlFormatValidationPlugin/"
+    mode: "0644"
+
 - name: remove existing MediaConch-Profile repo directory (otherwise, we can't clone it in the next task -.-)
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "/tmp/mediaconch-profile/"