diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5b38f63ba9080a057e7616c173eaa3a75c86fd9..787d6d54330811a9d6e0444f50753665f79e2b3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ include:
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
       version: <VERSION>
       opentofu_version: <OPENTOFU_VERSION>
+
+stages: [validate, test, build, deploy, cleanup]
 ```
 
 A concrete example may look like this:
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ include:
       version: latest
       opentofu_version: 1.6.0
 
+stages: [validate, test, build, deploy, cleanup]
+
 ---
 
 # ... or using `0.0.0-alpha1`:
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@ include:
       # once https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/438275 is solved.
       version: 0.0.0-alpha1
       opentofu_version: 1.6.0
+
+stages: [validate, test, build, deploy, cleanup]
 ```
 
 ## Releases & Versioning