diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2c083d3a174aba531ffe11ee592db195e408f8ae..d8a8d6ac32d2f86ea6b6c6b4c2bb8cbbcf1df01e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test-services-linux-debug:
   image:
     name: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/asapo-services-linux-build-env:latest
     entrypoint: [""]
-  stage: build
+  stage: test
   script:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/automatic/common_scripts
     - bash start_services.sh