diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a87ed452b6aa7775a1c32b8866dc4b111c896338..fbb56fbd91309fb262896ff6be169c819223d12f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ build-codec-sanitizers-linux:
 # test that runs all modes with 1s input signals
 codec-smoke-test:
   extends: .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir
+  # temporarily restrict this job to the only runner which (so far) seems to runit without problems
+  tags:
+    - test-fhg-linux-runner1
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
   stage: test