diff --git a/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml b/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7941c064a5..f78921c1b6 100644
--- a/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -388,3 +388,4 @@ trigger-simnet:
   script:
     # API trigger for a simnet job
     - ./scripts/gitlab/trigger_pipeline.sh
+  allow_failure:                   true