diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2144ba6b201c25969738fdc078acebb7ff406c45..d1deab6a44de008839553a15b550000416d1163a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ trigger_build:
   trigger:
     project: caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy
     branch: $DEPLOY_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