diff --git a/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3ccb4995730d5a700654144a5f958b18c1a056ff..32e12147c0ceb2dc9538a9ff7fea2158a83ca54d 100644
--- a/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/.Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ variables:
   TF_STATE_NAME: default
 
 .opentofu:use-component-instead-of-template:
-  stage: validate
+  stage: .pre
   needs: []
   allow_failure: true
   rules:
diff --git a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
index 08cf00763f02fc8bc11984f12b0606b25f181c45..88f02bc16c02ec4a79f30883a19ebd996e6a358e 100644
--- a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ variables:
   TF_STATE_NAME: default
 
 .opentofu:use-component-instead-of-template:
-  stage: validate
+  stage: .pre
   needs: []
   allow_failure: true
   rules: