diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae4409c22d91b3a968d7daae9e24afc5917c76cf..64b7c2593fdaba2f3da4fc219f3639723fb2f926 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ deploy_docker_test_image:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: never
     - when: manual
+  allow_failure: true
   variables:
     DOCKERFILE_PATH: "docker/Dockerfile"
     IMAGE_TAG: "test-image-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"