diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 28cb550fa922f3d2a424c1cc8acc417e412d1627..0e666c6b437314393120383823541689e74dd25a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ build-testenv:
 pages_prepare: &pages_prepare
   tags: [ cached-dind ]
   stage: deploy
-  needs: [ code_style, pylint, unittest ]
+  needs: [ code_style, pylint, unittest_py3.8 ]
   only:
     refs:
       - /^release-.*$/i