diff --git a/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml b/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
index 602813ad74dac7e538b2b261e322120a7de2baf6..346946a8c080a76129cc0506de0b185b13bc7676 100644
--- a/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ render_levant:
 
 deploy_nomad:
   stage: deploy
+  # gitlab evaluates parallel.matrix after needs/dependencies,
+  # so we cannot use $COMPONENT in the dependencies.
+  # we depend on all render_levant jobs instead.
   needs:
     - render_levant
   dependencies: