diff --git a/sonarqube/sonarqube-maven.yml b/sonarqube/sonarqube-maven.yml
index e7ed0a3b04de40cf1436a63fbe9d5c53d9c00161..1efdd6e7aa07027b1401e03981c89c8e91b58b64 100644
--- a/sonarqube/sonarqube-maven.yml
+++ b/sonarqube/sonarqube-maven.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 sonarqube-check:
+stage: .pre
   image: maven:3.6.3-jdk-11
   variables:
     SONAR_USER_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.sonar"  # Defines the location of the analysis task cache