diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6b8da3b3f0f09e7cf73f03ad795c790eb8d74d63..048082ddedf41997d1ee2a3cd4a9f7c88482200b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ publish_listing:
 update_docs:
   only:
     - docker-images
-  needs: []
+  needs: ["publish_listing"]
   trigger:
     project: hub/shiny-k8s-example
     branch: doc-trigger