diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e6900f293f143af8c309806d09b8bcf27c43f9b6..6ff405c66386d1782c0064f28640df04fbb11a1c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ conda_build:
 
 conda_upload:
   stage: deploy
+  needs: ["conda_build"]
   script:
     - conda install conda-build anaconda-client
     - anaconda --token=$ANACONDA_TOKEN upload conda-bld/linux-64/lpy_tools-* --user mosaic --label main --force