diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6dfab4704844524486da51f2b57662bb41943411..f2022857bfcdc0f6c731851c095e204745433a73 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -171,10 +171,13 @@ production-deploy:
     - openstack server remove volume $instance_id $staging_queue_volume
 
     - echo "Attach prod volume $xdmod-prod-vol-$BUILD_DATE to staging instance $instance_id"
+    - echo "Attach prod queue volume xdmod-prod-queue-vol-$BUILD_DATE to staging instance $instance_id"
     - openstack volume snapshot create --volume $prod_volume xdmod-prod-data-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE
+    - openstack volume snapshot create --volume $prod_queue_volume xdmod-prod-queue-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE
     - openstack volume create --snapshot xdmod-prod-data-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE --size 150 xdmod-prod-vol-$BUILD_DATE
+    - openstack volume create --snapshot xdmod-prod-queue-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE --size 1 xdmod-prod-queue-vol-$BUILD_DATE
     - openstack server add volume $instance_id xdmod-prod-vol-$BUILD_DATE --device /dev/vdb
-
+    - openstack server add volume $instance_id xdmod-prod-queue-vol-$BUILD_DATE --device /dev/vdc
 
     - echo "swap the floating IP between prod and staging instances"
     - openstack server remove floating ip $prod_instance_id $prod_floating_ip