diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f52f449ae6bdbe7ecdc9d077fafb4e3b450542a..fbb49e5950c39eab5bff333b20a9aa6c1bbdf264 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tests:
   script:
     - coverage run -m unittest discover
     - coverage xml
-    - flake8 --output-file .flake8-report.txt
+    - flake8 --exit-zero --output-file .flake8-report.txt
   artifacts:
     untracked: true