diff --git a/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml b/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
index bf2ab3f..902ac15 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ matrix:
     - ""
     - "-threaded"
 
+depends_on: 
+  - build-test-images
+
 steps:
   test:
       image: "quay.io/simcop2387/perl-debug-containers:${PERL_VERSIONS}-main${THREADS}-bookworm-backports"