diff --git a/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml b/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
index 8287e379edb9c506c4ba4377e8c765220fc67b79..c51e43a3030cdfa23d1b342ef5ba82b3553002cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dummy-job:
-  stage: .post
+  stage: test
   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"