diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 65d352892b4f8d9d661434dcfbe9792cb5ee0918..bd93c57354383cb7a21f347ad7c4cbb0c0777f76 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ cache:
 
 stages:
   - delete-release
-  - zotero
   - pre-processing
   - get-meili-key
   - build
@@ -406,7 +405,7 @@ set-meili-env:prod:
 ##############################
 .sync-zotero:
   extends: .df-wiki-cli-run
-  stage: zotero
+  stage: pre-processing
   script:
     - df-wiki-cli articles missing-doi --dir ./content/ --key ${ZOTERO_API_KEY}
     - df-wiki-cli articles fetch-from-zotero --key ${ZOTERO_API_KEY} --output zot-articles.json