diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2bd66536eec5644dfe0ae0ec5a789a000d6fc1ca..a0a0b8e4c43d0d8dcc1e623e5b71264c4da2d250 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ stages:
   - check
   - deploy
 
+default:
+  tags:
+    - exec-docke
+
 .dind:
   tags:
     - exec-dind
@@ -27,8 +31,6 @@ lint-helm:
   image:
     name: alpine/helm:3.5.2
     entrypoint: [""]
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
   script: helm lint helm/
 
 
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ lint-helm:
 
 .benchmarks:
   image: openjdk:11-jdk
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
   variables:
     GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
   cache:
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ deploy-uc4-load-generator:
   image:
     name: ghcr.io/graalvm/native-image:java11-21.1.0
     entrypoint: [""]
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
   variables:
     GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
   cache:
@@ -330,8 +328,6 @@ test-slo-checker-lag-trend:
   stage: test
   needs: []
   image: python:3.7-slim
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
   script:
     - cd slo-checker/record-lag
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -342,8 +338,6 @@ test-slo-checker-dropped-records-kstreams:
   stage: test
   needs: []
   image: python:3.7-slim
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
   script:
     - cd slo-checker/dropped-records
     - pip install -r requirements.txt