diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b72ad830ed3a55e5a57d664cd04e4fd0356edba2..a6619502750f62821b8fbc2a512716936ec252ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ trigger_inttest:
     strategy: depend
 
 trigger_octavelib:
-  allow_failure: true
   stage: deploy
   needs: [ trigger_prepare ]
   inherit:
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ trigger_octavelib:
   trigger:
     project: caosdb/src/caosdb-octavelib
     branch: $OCTAVELIB_REF
-    strategy: depend
 
 # 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