diff --git a/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml b/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
index c898d14d7d8a3e174152f088173867f24cda08a6..41d2f40b40b1a88b4bd5c2f4c8c8e7111fec6a7a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 dummy-job:
+  stage: .post
   script:
   - echo "This is a dummy job which does nothing else but triggers a pipeline"
   - echo "nonetheless, useful for situations where CI rules would not trigger"