diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1a2c58f8fa5131a34f9485f3e61b440c09f5ade7..a34ffc7052799c33fd81fbc0a5551592ae175442 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 publish_container_image:
-  stage: publish
   image:
     name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.13.0-debug
     entrypoint: [""]