diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 407149d2..4ba8ce13 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ test-pep8:
     - pip3 install -U -r ../requirements.txt
     - pip3 install -U pycodestyle
     - pycodestyle ../src
+  allow_failure: true
 
 # test-windows:
 #   stage: test