diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1feca4cedfa6abc28ea874a11cbc401b199be242..cb04ef71a93856c8ce1da372def2dd0f0a9b4e63 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ stages:
     - .tags::build
   script:
     - ./scripts/gitlab-ci/docker-build.sh
+  stage: build
   variables:
     DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS: |
       BUILD_IMAGE=${DEVOPS_REGISTRY}usgs/java:11