diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef7aacefb1e0e355b06c3b08129d5a21897ae5d2..985a333419c93f53a3945d8818799ebb2c1ba252 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ test_after_vips_common_changes:
   script:
     - echo $VERSION
     - ./mvnw $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_OPTS test
+  tags:
+    - vips-java
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"'