diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 206d95410e0562c6fff77669aabfda8d3e6e2fc3..c90e28f2cfe032d016f4b08ea46b2fe2e6cce1cd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -341,8 +341,10 @@ release_job:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG && $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"'
+  before_script:
+    - echo "running release_job before_script"
   script:
-    - echo "running release_job"
+    - echo "running release_job script"
   release:
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
     description: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG - $CI_COMMIT_TAG_MESSAGE'