diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22df57bdb05ea62dea43f0e328cfc11a43e49ba6..713fadd5ef73c878b2ca5ffbd4cb0670f6975f2c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,13 @@ variables:
 semantic-release:
   rules:
     # on production branch(es): auto if SEMREL_AUTO_RELEASE_ENABLED
-    - if: '$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ $PROD_REF'
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+    - if: '$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ $PROD_REF'
+
+semantic-release-test:
+  stage: publish
+  image: alpine:latest
+  script:
+    - echo "Testing semantic-release configuration"
+    - echo TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED=$TMPL_RELEASE_ENABLED
+    - echo PROD_REF=$PROD_REF
+    - echo CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
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