diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b36eb21f22084f7f4167ff567a8b49cf609d0e57..19e8541b6855d0ab748c1ec3e15b2a8dea7f5086 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test_audiotools_convert:
     - python3 -m pytest -n auto tests/test_audiotools_convert.py
 
 # run the test configs for the selection experiments
-experiments:
+.experiments:
   stage: test
   tags:
     - linux