diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 53fa04b397350c1084b2dc5de7edd54e4ea95449..197f58ca508eabdb80b7705858b999a26d0bad83 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ zola check:
   - yarn install
   script:
   - zola check
+  allow_failure: true
 
 .build:
   stage: build
   interruptible: true
+  needs: []
   image:
     name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     entrypoint: [""]