diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 69a1827c9eb9185e204d7cdf0cbf6b919b753126..03fc6d1d538bcaff523e311cd7b402ce504d6273 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ test:dev-el6-gcc44:
     ARCH: "x86_64"
     NAME: "python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-${OS}-${ARCH}"
     PYTHON_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/${NAME}"
-  dependencies:
+  needs:
     - build:dev-el6-gcc44
 
 test:dev-el6-gcc44-x86:
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ test:dev-el6-gcc44-x86:
     ARCH: "i686"
     NAME: "python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-${OS}-${ARCH}"
     PYTHON_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/${NAME}"
-  dependencies:
+  needs:
     - build:dev-el6-gcc44-x86