diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7376bdb..99f6685 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ stages:
 
 
 
-prepare_job:
-  stage: prepare
+first:
+  stage: prepare_job
   image: python:3.10
   script:
     - 'pip install requests'
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ prepare_job:
     - 'ls -al'
 
 
+
 release: 
-  dependencies: 
+  needs: 
     - prepare_job
   stage: release  # It only runs when *both* jobs in the test stage complete successfully.
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest