diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 34884db70d566ee047dbb9734f8e83752ea0379a..4032af58b6b9bb8bd7d9321af4ee08cde32161a3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test:
 
 # trigger the integration tests
 trigger_inttest:
+  tags: [ docker ]
   stage: setup
   script:
     - CPPINT_REF=main