diff --git a/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml b/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
index 7f467542044882e32e2b7fd2b5ea68383ad2a6b2..4d452b86a5fbcaa33b8afdf199351ff9c1125dac 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci_templates/dummy_job.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dummy-job:
-  stage: test
+  stage: dummy
   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"