diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d8b822d39283599f02292a1638d73d43109d7e0f..38622491e3585c9187e61402fea384adbc27c9ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 stages:
+  - pre
   - build
   - test
   - analyse
diff --git a/.gitlab/preliminary.yml b/.gitlab/preliminary.yml
index d6e9088f8dcd23e4a1d53ff2d76a472c7a2119a2..8c1a66437c5adaa75cad9539a45683cdc82c435b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/preliminary.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/preliminary.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 ---
 preliminary_checks:
-  stage: .pre
+  stage: pre
   interruptible: true
   rules:
     - if: ($CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^ci-.*$/) && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "schedule"