diff --git a/ci/get_id_of_last_job_occurence.py b/ci/get_id_of_last_job_occurence.py
index 50beac5bb7c96d9b657604fb562e870bade65d68..389c6ab7346387fd5397ec080b46b7c0c355518d 100755
--- a/ci/get_id_of_last_job_occurence.py
+++ b/ci/get_id_of_last_job_occurence.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import requests
 PER_PAGE_SUFFIX = "?per_page=50"
 PAGE_SUFFIX = "&page={}"
 API_URL_TMPL = "https://forge.3gpp.org/rep/api/v4/projects/{}/pipelines"
+SCOPE_FAILED = "scope[]=failed"
+SCOPE_SUCCESS = "scope[]=success"
 
 
 def get_job_id(branch_name, job_name, project_id, success_only):
@@ -51,7 +53,11 @@ def get_job_id(branch_name, job_name, project_id, success_only):
         resp_pls = requests.get(url_pls + suffix)
         for pl in resp_pls.json():
             if pl["ref"] == branch_name:
-                url_jobs = url_pls + f"/{pl['id']}/jobs"
+                scope = f"?{SCOPE_SUCCESS}"
+                if not success_only:
+                    scope += f"&{SCOPE_FAILED}"
+
+                url_jobs = url_pls + f"/{pl['id']}/jobs{scope}"
 
                 # only one of the suffixes here - this assumes only max of 50 jobs per pipeline
                 # so only one page needed
@@ -62,8 +68,7 @@ def get_job_id(branch_name, job_name, project_id, success_only):
 
                 # find actual job by name
                 for job in resp_jobs.json():
-                    include_job = not success_only or job["status"] == "success"
-                    if include_job and job["name"] == job_name:
+                    if job["name"] == job_name:
                         job_id = job["id"]
                         break
                 if job_id >= 0: