diff --git a/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml
index f0cc2ac82b3f379196da039fd509a36afecee620..5bfc85414162beba4554985052574b3122f2e9ec 100644
--- a/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/.Base.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 variables:
   # OpenTofu CI/CD component version, see https://gitlab.com/components/opentofu/-/releases
-  VERSION: "0.1.0"
+  VERSION: "latest"
   # Compatible OpenTofu version, see https://gitlab.com/components/opentofu/-/releases
   OPENTOFU_VERSION: "1.6.0"
   # Job Image with `gitlab-tofu`
diff --git a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e8d06370ab37626793fc67822bdbf9fb28f31cd..c8c1fa3008258dfbfe16083fa6cbda3a07e4ffb5 100644
--- a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 variables:
   # OpenTofu CI/CD component version, see https://gitlab.com/components/opentofu/-/releases
-  VERSION: "0.1.0"
+  VERSION: "latest"
   # Compatible OpenTofu version, see https://gitlab.com/components/opentofu/-/releases
   OPENTOFU_VERSION: "1.6.0"
   # Job Image with `gitlab-tofu`
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ variables:
   extends: .opentofu:default
   stage: cleanup
   resource_group: $TF_STATE_NAME
-  rules:
-    - when: never
   script:
     - curl --request DELETE -u "gitlab-ci-token:$CI_JOB_TOKEN" "$CI_API_V4_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/terraform/state/$TF_STATE_NAME"
   rules:
diff --git a/templates/full-pipeline.yml b/templates/full-pipeline.yml
index ba00d1e82c28806285e6a6e29c1c750d6f956dbe..297ecada6d098f5834489cb2c2147c0a6f034be9 100644
--- a/templates/full-pipeline.yml
+++ b/templates/full-pipeline.yml
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ delete-state:
   stage: $[[ inputs.stage_cleanup ]]
   needs: [destroy]
   resource_group: $[[ inputs.state_name ]]
-  rules:
-    - when: never
   script:
     - curl --request DELETE -u "gitlab-ci-token:$CI_JOB_TOKEN" "$CI_API_V4_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/terraform/state/$[[ inputs.state_name ]]"
   rules: