diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e6ac3f69eede8aee1cb3492620ec7ab9b45dddb6..41619e2e11bb74bdfca00c3f6e60cb5ce4188239 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ after_script:
 stages:
   - clean
   - build
-  - gather_bins
   - protect_bins
   - test
   - deploy
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ do-build-arm64:
 # gather artifacts and ship them tox 86 boxes
 #
 .gather-bins: &do_gather
-        stage: gather_bins
+        stage: build
         script:
             - ./cicd_testing/do-gather-bins.sh
         artifacts:               
diff --git a/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh b/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/cicd_testing/do-test-bins.sh b/cicd_testing/do-test-bins.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755