diff --git a/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml b/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 507340f..4994e73 100644
--- a/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ publish:
     - cd ./ghost-upload
     - cargo run
   needs:
-    - pages
+    - job: pages
+      optional: true
   # Temporarily allow all branches for debugging
   # rules:
   #   - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH"
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ force-update-ghost:
     - cd ./ghost-upload
     - FORCE_UPDATE=true cargo run
   needs:
-    - pages
+    - job: pages
+      optional: true
   # Temporarily allow all branches for debugging
   rules:
     - when: manual