diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab2d44f917..ec5a3dca20 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ checkupdates_trigger:
     - parallel --verbose -N 100 'curl -X POST -F "token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN" -F "ref=master" -F "variables[CHECKUPDATES]=true" -F "variables[CHECKUPDATES_APPIDS]= {} " https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/trigger/pipeline' ":::" ${files[@]}
 
 checkupdates_runner:
+  tags:
+    - checkupdates-runner
   only:
     refs:
       - pipelines