diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c0eca51393..b10ddd6fae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           raft: ON
   linux-arm64-SVE-cmake:
     name: Linux arm64 SVE (cmake)
+    needs: linux-x86_64-cmake
     runs-on: faiss-aws-r8g.large
     continue-on-error: true # non-blocking mode for now
     steps: