diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 248036677..679a236f0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -347,6 +347,13 @@ multi-arch-release:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+    # arm64 is allowed to fail
+    - if: '$ARCH == "arm64"'
+      when: on_success
+      allow_failure: true
+    - if: '$ARCH'
+      when: on_success
+      allow_failure: false
   timeout: 3h
   allow_failure: true