diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4e87e878e06ad436d0f940b232138efcbd2c2e2f..8cb0adef2e1c60d92567f610b40c0912dc19f7be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ copy-files-to-swift:
     - curl -H "X-Auth-Token: $OS_TOKEN" -X DELETE $OBJSTORE/ebrains-spack-builds.tar.gz
     - tar czf ebrains-spack-builds.tar.gz packages/ repo.yml spack.yaml
     - curl -H "X-Auth-Token: $OS_TOKEN" -i $OBJSTORE/ -X PUT -T ebrains-spack-builds.tar.gz
+  tags:
+    - shell-runner
 
 deploy-build-environment:
   stage: deploy