diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 86ff066736d8cc6cdcdf6e03bcb1aa0a0530eb93..abce893d2c14d0e0f7970fe27cc850ee563d59d6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ be-build-job:
 .be-deploy-job:
   image: docker:latest
   stage: deploy
+  needs:
+    - job: be-build-job
+      artifacts: false # TODO: maybe we can get the build image as an artifact?
   tags:
     - commul
   services: