diff --git a/common/zarf.yaml b/common/zarf.yaml
index 2d8429a2..8f3e245e 100644
--- a/common/zarf.yaml
+++ b/common/zarf.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,14 @@ components:
         version: "8.0.1"
         valuesFiles:
           - ../values/common-values.yaml
+    actions:
+      onDeploy:
+        after:
+          - description: Validate GitLab Package
+            maxTotalSeconds: 300
+            wait:
+              cluster:
+                kind: Packages
+                name: gitlab
+                namespace: gitlab
+                condition: "'{.status.phase}'=Ready"