diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ee2fe92bd56a03e5e9c7c104f232a21b9ac4251e..859bfd8a82005667abfe57edbcf09176120dff4b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ clean_up_k8s_deployment:
         JBROWSE_HOSTNAME: "genomes-dev.arendt.embl.de"
         RELEASE_LABEL: "dev"
         INGRESS_CLASS: "internal-users"
-    - when: on_failure
+    - when: always