diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eb9fe3f..78fd841 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ variables:
               NF_IGNORE_PROCESSES: preprocess_reads,merge_transcriptomes
               CI_FLAVOUR: "new"
 
+macos-run:
+  # Let's avoid those ARM64 runners for now
+  tags:
+    - macos
+    - x86
+
 docker-run:
 
     # Define a 1D job matrix to inject a variable named MATRIX_NAME into