diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ccd853d4045897aa98f639b0fd19893b3be55c08..1ca122fe054cc9f8b307a6e658b5d12085786787 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -265,3 +265,16 @@ store-version:
     - main
     - web
 
+trigger_advanced_user_tools:
+  stage: deploy
+  allow_failure: true
+  dependencies: [test]
+  trigger:
+    project: caosdb/src/caosdb-advanced-user-tools
+    strategy: depend
+  only:
+    refs:
+      - f-trigger-advanced-user-tools
+      - dev
+      - main
+      - /^release-.*$/i