diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3a0d7af36..70ad34045 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ yesod:build:dev:
   script:
     - stack build --test --copy-bins --local-bin-path $(pwd)/bin --fast --flag uniworx:-library-only --flag uniworx:dev --flag uniworx:pedantic --no-strip
   needs:
+    - job: npm install # transitive
+      artifacts: false
     - job: frontend:build
       artifacts: true
   before_script: &haskell
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ yesod:build:
   script:
     - stack build --test --copy-bins --local-bin-path $(pwd)/bin --flag uniworx:-library-only --flag uniworx:-dev --flag uniworx:pedantic --no-strip
   needs:
+    - job: npm install # transitive
+      artifacts: false
     - job: frontend:build
       artifacts: true
   before_script: *haskell
@@ -170,6 +174,8 @@ yesod:build:profile:
   script:
     - stack build --profile --copy-bins --local-bin-path $(pwd)/bin --flag uniworx:-library-only --flag uniworx:-dev --flag uniworx:pedantic --no-strip
   needs:
+    - job: npm install # transitive
+      artifacts: false
     - job: frontend:build
       artifacts: true
   before_script: *haskell
@@ -247,6 +253,10 @@ upload:
   stage: upload packages
   image: curlimages/curl:latest
   needs:
+    - job: npm install # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: frontend:build # transitive
+      artifacts: false
     - job: yesod:build
       artifacts: true
     - job: parse-changelog
@@ -275,6 +285,12 @@ release:
   needs:
     - job: upload
       artifacts: false
+    - job: npm install # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: frontend:build # transitive
+      artifacts: false
+    - job: yesod:build # transitive
+      artifacts: false
     - job: parse-changelog
       artifacts: true
   rules: