diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7f4967b..7b5c3bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -327,6 +327,17 @@ jobs:
           modules-ignore: rootjs_3 rootjs_2.13 rootjs_2.12 docs_3 docs_2.13 docs_2.12 yaml4s-tests_sjs1_3 yaml4s-tests_sjs1_2.13 yaml4s-tests_sjs1_2.12 rootjvm_3 rootjvm_2.13 rootjvm_2.12 rootnative_3 rootnative_2.13 rootnative_2.12 yaml4s-tests_3 yaml4s-tests_2.13 yaml4s-tests_2.12 yaml4s-tests_native0.4_3 yaml4s-tests_native0.4_2.13 yaml4s-tests_native0.4_2.12
           configs-ignore: test scala-tool scala-doc-tool test-internal
 
+  post-build:
+    name: post build
+    needs: [build]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: post build
+        run: echo success!
+
   site:
     name: Generate Site
     strategy:
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 2ceeb1a..988f87d 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ pull_request_rules:
   - name: Automatic merge for dependency updates
     conditions:
       - "head~=update/"
+      - "status-success=post build (ubuntu-latest)"
+
       - or:
         - "author=hnaderi"
         - "author=scala-steward"
diff --git a/workflows.sbt b/workflows.sbt
index 1468d90..33b4d94 100644
--- a/workflows.sbt
+++ b/workflows.sbt
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ ThisBuild / githubWorkflowJobSetup ++= Seq(
   )
 )
 
+ThisBuild / githubWorkflowAddedJobs += WorkflowJob(
+  id = "post-build",
+  name = "post build",
+  needs = List("build"),
+  steps = List(
+    WorkflowStep.Run(
+      commands = List("echo success!"),
+      name = Some("post build")
+    )
+  ),
+  scalas = Nil,
+  javas = Nil
+)
+
 // NOTE apparently githubWorkflowCheck does not work as intended on windows
 // due to file separator differences
 ThisBuild / githubWorkflowGeneratedCI ~= {