diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9e25c63b11..abb0e64ff6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1234,6 +1234,7 @@ respdiff:
     - make -j${BUILD_PARALLEL_JOBS:-1} V=1
     - cd ../bind-qa/bind9/respdiff
     - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/refserver"
+  needs: []
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - refserver
@@ -1260,6 +1261,7 @@ respdiff-third-party:
     - git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.isc.org/isc-private/bind-qa.git
     - cd bind-qa/bind9/respdiff
     - bash respdiff.sh -s third_party -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 1 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
+  needs: []
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - bind-qa/bind9/respdiff