diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 819c13518380ab03f3128e7a24f7f96442152e9a..b57e2188de2a93fa7e12589ddad0642557aa1233 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type:
 lint:
   extends:
     - .code_changes
-  stage: checks
+  stage: tests
   script:
     - poetry install
     - make pylint