diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 21ea9e7cc7232d875393afbc22134aa2cfa52f3c..5aa4438e9fee49c5e9e6aa40afd26124a3278e49 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ before_script:
     - python -V
     - python -m venv venv
     - . venv/bin/activate 
+    - pip install --upgrade pip
     - pip install -e .
 
 build:
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ test:
 
 deploy:
     stage: deploy
+    only: 
+        - feature/mad-91-gitlab-pipeline
     tags:
         - vips-runner
     script: