diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c1fcb2e..548c10e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ stages:
   # deployment
   - "gitleaks"
   - "linting"
+  - "testing"
   - "deployment"
 
 
@@ -13,10 +14,13 @@ stages:
 include:
 
   # deployment
-  - local: ".gitlab/gitleaks.yaml"
   - local: ".gitlab/deployment.yaml"
+  - local: ".gitlab/gitleaks.yaml"
 
   # linting
-  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/ansible/linting@v2.0.1"
+  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/ansible/linting@v3.0.3"
   - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/markdownlint/markdownlint@1.0.0"
   - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/yamllint/yamllint@1.0.2"
+
+  # testing
+  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/ansible/testing@v3.0.3"