diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a516f59ce00b4e4d8d09fe8a97c2589687c0c340..0a0b6e77526fe0dfd57cf6eac4426317d3959e7c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 stages:
   - clean
+  - build
   - run_tests
 
 clean-spack:
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ clean-spack:
 
 
 build-only:
-  stage: run_tests
+  stage: build
   script:
     - ./examples/00_build_only.sh
   tags: