diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7adc146c6c2a0da3928beb0ee880f7913fcff2e8..f35ffbbdc312bac7c93b3a3924df43939232e737 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ integration_tests:
   script:
     - coverage run s --tb=short --junitxml=test-results.xml -m pytest ./dedal/tests/integration_tests
     - coverage xml -o coverage_integration.xml
+  needs: ["unit_tests"]
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - coverage_integration.xml