diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1e27db58709551d79a3cfdef3aae2409f389ca3f..55fff2e1e3f96bb88650613d75ee2230ace175a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:
   trigger:
     project: EIC/benchmarks/reconstruction_benchmarks
     strategy: depend
-  allow_failure: false
+  allow_failure: true
   
 benchmarks:physics:
   stage: benchmarks