diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0e62239cebd2c582e0642799bb248d20ee5d5075..97f907dd1e09850ef2e880b2dd76e62f4522aec6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ before_script:
     strategy: depend
 
 ska-tango-examples-tests:
-  stage: lint
+  stage: test
   tags:
     - k8srunner
   retry: 2