diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4e8d4b4ff0780875d69821ec28ac829710ab9959..4a8ffbdd7f3e7a7145442f4e36d2fa07818c8bca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ trigger-opc-ua-test:
     only:
 #        changes:
 #            - applications/lofar2/images/lofar2_unb2b_sdp_station_full.tar.gz
+        - merge_requests
 
-    rules:
-        - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
 
 #  script:
 #      - echo "Found updated programming file. Triggering OPC UA test in SDPTR repo."