diff --git a/gitlab-ci.yml b/gitlab-ci.yml
index 01d57face792e665f1706692a7743f574c72a684..09eb7362ec89d3702379d9fe5a9260bf06c545cd 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ stages:
 
 test:
   image: python:3.8
+  only:
+    - master
   stage: test
   script:
   # this configures Django application to use attached postgres database that is run on `postgres` hostsds