diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1c49b16db4dfe8531ede2195eef8c925e1949302..1ca20db43c8fcae116176d77641dba1d5bb4c44e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ unittest_py311:
   stage: unittest
   image: python:3.11
   script: *python_test_script
+  allow_failure: true
 
 # Build the sphinx documentation and make it ready for deployment by Gitlab Pages
 # Special job for serving a static website. See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html#pages