diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a322e139b0fbeab47dc55cdb3287cba94e8dc3f..1dc09269a92c486e9d80a8ae5ceb0e51dc50bd17 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ stages:
 code_style:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: code_style
+  needs: [ ]
   script:
     - make style
   allow_failure: true
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ code_style:
 pylint:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: linting
+  needs: [ ]
   script:
     - make lint
   allow_failure: true
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ pylint:
 unittest:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: test
+  needs: [ ]
   script:
     - touch ~/.pycaosdb.ini
     - make unittest