diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0363a3bdb14ce8044805326475c7459b41632d46..a3119faca11233c8d861c6ec3d66eb43addd2f65 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ staging:
 release_job:
   stage: release
   needs:
-    - job: deploy
+    - job: staging
       artifacts: true
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
   script: