diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 030c835062bc6bb3fdeffd4733182fd465b2423a..e73262d627d3d1c3a134f0b43f94b7662960cb3a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ spotbugs-benchmarks:
       - theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-beam/**/*
       - theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/**/*
       - theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/**/*
-      if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
+      if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_DEPS"
       when: always
     - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual