diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a415cab257e..8e912f8b03a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 # The kubernetes based jobs don't use directly any job artefact, thus pulling artefact
 # is explicitly disabled by default.
 
+workflow:
+  rules:
+    # Disable pipelines triggered by Merge Requests
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    # Allow branch pushes, tag pushes, etc.
+    - when: always
+    
 stages:
   # build rpm, tar, deb, oci container
   - build
@@ -635,10 +643,6 @@ Extract Coverage:
     - .no_release_rules
   dependencies:
     - get_jacoco_cli
-  needs:
-    - job: get_jacoco_cli
-      artifacts: true
-    - job: NFS4.x protocol compliance tests
   script:
     - JACOCO_CLI_PATH="jacoco-${JACOCO_VERSION}/lib/jacococli.jar"
     - PODS=$(kubectl -n $K8S_NAMESPACE get pods -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=store -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}')