diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bfd9bf414..bd36387c9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ variables: &global_variables
 workflow:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "stable"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS
       when: never
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
 
 cache: &global_cache_policy
   key: $CI_JOB_IMAGE-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
diff --git a/changelog.d/gitlabci.skip b/changelog.d/gitlabci.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb