diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 694cf47bdcac8f6eaee541c471b13f03d1ef429b..795ab19fa8b926da05edef80cf5364533128373e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ pycodegen-integration:
   image: i10git.cs.fau.de:5005/pycodegen/pycodegen/full
   stage: test
   when: manual
+  allow_failure: false
   script:
     # run lbmpy long test pipeline
     - export NUM_CORES=$(nproc --all)