diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 858a574e5..891c97f2e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ container:
   interruptible: true
   rules: &release-rules
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v/
-
 test container:
   stage: container:build
   script:
@@ -322,6 +321,33 @@ upload container:
       artifacts: false
   rules: *release-rules
   retry: 2
+upload test container:
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none
+  stage: release
+  image: quay.io/skopeo/stable:latest
+  script:
+    - skopeo --insecure-policy copy --dest-creds "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" docker-archive://$(pwd)/uniworx.tar.gz docker://${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${VERSION}
+    - skopeo --insecure-policy copy --src-creds "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --dest-creds "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" docker://${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${VERSION} docker://${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:latest
+  needs:
+    - job: node dependencies # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: well known # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: frontend # tranitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: uniworx:lib:uniworx # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: uniworx:exe:uniworx # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: test container
+      artifacts: true
+    - job: parse changelog
+      artifacts: true
+    - job: check # sanity
+      artifacts: false
+  rules: *test-release-rules
+  retry: 2
 
 release:
   variables: