diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 180f3f31385a51df5aaae4f02fb79226f72b42a8..fbe84d94ff8db7981f918d190ce566fe53ab4b36 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ test:
   tags:
     - vips-java
 
+test_after_vips_common_changes:
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - echo $VERSION
+    - ./mvnw $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_OPTS test
+  only:
+    variables:
+      - $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
+
 deploy-snapshot:
   stage: deploy
   script: