diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f5e26487a0bc0b9ff5670e645c57fc13b85b128..ab043a38a1a847a41884325cdce999a4cc6a6c66 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ blsmooth:
 
 ddecal:
   stage: test_steps
+  allow_failure: true
   script:
     - cwltool --no-container --preserve-environment LD_LIBRARY_PATH --preserve-environment PATH --preserve-environment PYTHONPATH steps/ddecal.cwl test_jobs/ddecal.json