diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2c5bcb5bd30b8513861baca2ea65b6ac78d3f0a5..f9ac712bd1c2fb00225cd84aa1f5a5eda9fb0ded 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ spotbugs:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc1-kstreams-app:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ deploy-uc1-kstreams-app:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc2-kstreams-app:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ deploy-uc2-kstreams-app:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc3-kstreams-app:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ deploy-uc3-kstreams-app:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc4-kstreams-app:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ deploy-uc4-kstreams-app:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc1-workload-generator:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@ deploy-uc1-workload-generator:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc2-workload-generator:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -189,6 +195,7 @@ deploy-uc2-workload-generator:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc3-workload-generator:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -203,6 +210,7 @@ deploy-uc3-workload-generator:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
 
 deploy-uc4-workload-generator:
   extends: .deploy
@@ -217,3 +225,4 @@ deploy-uc4-workload-generator:
       when: always
     - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
       when: manual
+      allow_failure: true