diff --git a/scripts/deploy/02_wait_for_helmrealeases.sh b/scripts/deploy/02_wait_for_helmrealeases.sh
index 26b0ea9ce08adf2ca32f1b8dc1c67ab3b6f3f483..ad72debd60b9b3ccf35b02cc702dfc9c36bc59bf 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/02_wait_for_helmrealeases.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/02_wait_for_helmrealeases.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 set -ex
 
 ## This is an array to instantiate the order of wait conditions
-ORDERED_HELMRELEASES="gatekeeper istio-operator istio monitoring eck-operator ek fluent-bit twistlock cluster-auditor authservice argocd gitlab haproxy-sso minio-operator minio anchore sonarqube"
-
+ORDERED_HELMRELEASES="gatekeeper istio-operator istio monitoring eck-operator ek fluent-bit twistlock cluster-auditor authservice argocd gitlab haproxy-sso  gitlab-runner minio-operator minio anchore sonarqube"
 
 ## This the actual deployed helmrelease objects in the cluster
 DEPLOYED_HELMRELEASES=$(kubectl get hr --no-headers -n bigbang | awk '{ print $1}')
diff --git a/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml b/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml
index 55957d7d28ff40ed851d042c64ae49e70a2e73d7..a4fdcd0395d24538789762414f86632a17083a79 100644
--- a/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ addons:
     enabled: true
     sso:
       enabled: false
+  gitlabRunner:
+    enabled: true
   anchore:
     enabled: true
   sonarqube: