diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/opentitan/pylint.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/opentitan/pylint.yml
index 1f56d4e9a5b2..a3210b653084 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/opentitan/pylint.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/opentitan/pylint.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pylint-ot:
   tags:
     - qemu_ot
-  stage: test
+  stage: build
   script:
     # disable duplicate code as all front end are tested at once (false positive)
     # disable fixme ("# TODO" comments)