diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 083ef2adf840d4cfffdd7a38fc07869019d4128a..f734e43e0150c9b226a31873b5d1d4a7d4c8f5c7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ codec-smoke-test:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
   stage: test
+  needs: [ "build-codec-linux-cmake" ]
   script:
     - bash ci/smoke_test.sh
     ### analyze for failures
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ codec-smoke-test:
 self-test-on-merge-request:
   extends: .test-job-linux
   stage: compare
+  needs: [ "build-codec-linux-cmake", "codec-smoke-test" ]
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
   script: