diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd7a28fc33a6ee747b9c9175bd869e966f4543f1..cb4faed43ce85b9cfd6801cf89ad1d102f9b72ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ prep-deploy:
     - openstack image create --container-format bare --disk-format raw --file /tmp/xdmod-dev-volume-snap.raw xdmod-snapshot-image
     - IMAGE_ID=$(openstack image show -f value -c id xdmod-snapshot-image)
     - openstack volume create --size 20 --image $IMAGE_ID xdmod-ci-volume
-    
+    - openstack volume snapshot create --force --volume xdmod-ci-volume xdmod-dev-volume-snap   
     - |
       if [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "dev" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-dev-volume-$BUILD_DATE"