diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e32c619cb8b924963615d7e33b5cfb16ff42a92f..c3a095f4af4d31580d9814474c78f79fc669e0fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ spotbugs:
     changes:
       - ./$JAVA_PROJECT_NAME/**/*
       - ./application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
+      - ./.gitlab-ci.yml
 
 deploy-uc1-kstreams-app:
   extends: .deploy