diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index ce84526bee..c0ba7841e8 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ local_system_test_aarch64_task: &local_system_test_task_aarch64
     only_if: *not_tag_build_docs
     depends_on:
         - build_aarch64
+        - validate_aarch64
         - unit_test
     ec2_instance: *standard_build_ec2_aarch64
     env: