diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8660d3c8e2..61040e81c3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ b:version-update:
         - .cmake_version_update_linux
         - .linux_x86_64_tags
         - .run_version_update
+    needs: []
 
 # Documentation builds
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ l:spellcheck:
         - .cmake_spellcheck_linux
         - .linux_x86_64_tags
         - .run_automatically
+    needs: []
 
 l:iwyu-debian12:
     extends:
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ l:iwyu-debian12:
         - .linux_x86_64_tags
         - .cmake_cdash_artifacts
         - .run_automatically
+    needs: []
 
 l:tidy-fedora41:
     extends:
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ l:tidy-fedora41:
         - .linux_x86_64_tags
         - .cmake_cdash_artifacts
         - .run_automatically
+    needs: []
 
 l:sphinx-fedora41:
     extends:
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ l:sphinx-fedora41:
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_CONTINUOUS: "true"
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_HELP: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 l:clang-analyzer-fedora41:
     extends:
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ l:clang-analyzer-fedora41:
         - .run_automatically
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 # Linux builds
 
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ b:centos7-x86_64:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_ARTIFACTS_NAME: "artifacts-centos7-x86_64"
+    needs: []
 
 b:centos7-aarch64:
     extends:
@@ -160,6 +167,7 @@ b:centos7-aarch64:
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_ARTIFACTS_NAME: "artifacts-centos7-aarch64"
         CMAKE_CI_NO_MR: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 t:debian12-ninja:
     extends:
@@ -499,6 +507,7 @@ b:fedora41-ninja:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_CONTINUOUS: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:fedora41-makefiles-symlinked:
     extends:
@@ -509,6 +518,7 @@ b:fedora41-makefiles-symlinked:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:debian12-makefiles-inplace:
     extends:
@@ -518,6 +528,7 @@ b:debian12-makefiles-inplace:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:debian12-extdeps:
     extends:
@@ -527,6 +538,7 @@ b:debian12-extdeps:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:debian12-aarch64-extdeps:
     extends:
@@ -536,6 +548,7 @@ b:debian12-aarch64-extdeps:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:fedora41-extdeps:
     extends:
@@ -545,6 +558,7 @@ b:fedora41-extdeps:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 t:fedora41-ninja:
     extends:
@@ -881,6 +895,7 @@ b:fedora41-asan:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 t:fedora41-asan:
     extends:
@@ -904,6 +919,7 @@ b:macos-x86_64-ninja:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_NO_MR: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:macos-arm64-ninja:
     extends:
@@ -914,6 +930,7 @@ b:macos-arm64-ninja:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_CONTINUOUS: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:macos-arm64-ninja-symlinked:
     extends:
@@ -934,6 +951,7 @@ b:macos-arm64-curl:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:macos-arm64-pch:
     extends:
@@ -943,6 +961,7 @@ b:macos-arm64-pch:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 t:macos-x86_64-ninja:
     extends:
@@ -1000,6 +1019,7 @@ b:macos-x86_64-makefiles:
         - .cmake_build_artifacts
         - .macos_x86_64_tags
         - .run_manually
+    needs: []
 
 t:macos-x86_64-makefiles:
     extends:
@@ -1129,6 +1149,7 @@ b:windows-vs2022-x64-ninja:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_CONTINUOUS: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 b:windows-vs2022-x64-pch:
     extends:
@@ -1138,6 +1159,7 @@ b:windows-vs2022-x64-pch:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 t:windows-vs2022-x64-ninja:
     extends:
@@ -1405,6 +1427,7 @@ b:windows-arm64-vs2022-ninja:
         - .run_manually
     variables:
         CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY: "true"
+    needs: []
 
 t:windows-arm64-vs2022-ninja:
     extends: