diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 900ff4ff066825d9f888aa10bc8480cf63f67e6f..0ca7975c866fb3437e565fc7016d34c8e156e977 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ default:
   tags:
     - arm64
 
+workflow:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
+
 variables:
   KUBERNETES_CPU_REQUEST: 2
   KUBERNETES_MEMORY_REQUEST: 8Gi