diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2a5cae16c566926e7f0ceb95377082631146e1bc..ead01d4ef8602f85fb6d7b80371d4ec2ada30bcf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ docker_store_images_changes:
   # works. See the following references
   #  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68955071/how-to-disable-detached-pipelines-in-gitlab
   #  https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/jobs/job_control.html#jobs-or-pipelines-run-unexpectedly-when-using-changes
+  rules: []
   only:
     refs:
       - merge_requests