diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-uv/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-uv/action.yml
index a2ee5ea..74a796a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-uv/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-uv/action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ description: Install Python, uv, and sync dependencies with caching
 inputs:
   dependency-group:
     description: 'Dependency group to sync (e.g., dev, test, docs)'
-    required: true
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -30,4 +31,9 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Sync dependencies
       shell: bash
-      run: uv sync --locked --extra ${{ inputs.dependency-group }} # extras are defined in [project.optional-dependencies]
+      run: |
+        cmd="uv sync --locked"
+        if [ -n "${{ inputs.dependency-group }}" ]; then
+          cmd="$cmd --extra ${{ inputs.dependency-group }}"
+        fi
+        eval "$cmd" # extras are defined in [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8398a6e..7f64d2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         run: uv run genbadge coverage -i coverage.xml -o coverage.svg
         continue-on-error: true
 
-      - name: Run small analysis without publishing
-        run: uv run sw-metadata-bot run-analysis --config-file assets/example_list_repo.json
-
-
       - name: Commit coverage badge
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
         run: |
@@ -111,9 +107,20 @@ jobs:
           git push
         continue-on-error: true
 
+  test-small-analysis:
+    name: Minimal integration test (small analysis)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: Setup uv environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-uv
+
+      - name: Run small analysis without publishing
+        run: uv run sw-metadata-bot run-analysis --config-file assets/example_list_repo.json
+
   test-gitlab-integration:
     name: Test (GitLab integration)
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') || github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GITLAB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_API_TOKEN }}
@@ -132,11 +139,9 @@ jobs:
           exit 0
 
       - name: Verify GitLab token before integration tests
-        if: ${{ env.GITLAB_API_TOKEN != '' }}
         run: uv run sw-metadata-bot verify-tokens --gitlab
 
       - name: Run GitLab integration tests
-        if: ${{ env.GITLAB_API_TOKEN != '' }}
         run: uv run pytest --run-integration-gitlab -m "integration_gitlab" tests/test_gitlab_integration.py
 
 
@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-pypi:
     name: Publish to PyPI
     if: github.event_name == 'release'
-    needs: [lint, test]
+    needs: [lint, test, test-zenodo-connection, test-gitlab-integration, test-small-analysis]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-zenodo:
   #   name: Publish to Zenodo
     if: github.event_name == 'release'
-    needs: [lint, test, test-zenodo-connection]
+    needs: [lint, test, test-zenodo-connection, test-gitlab-integration, test-small-analysis]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: 
       image: registry.gitlab.com/escape-ossr/eossr:v2.2.0
@@ -242,12 +247,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Change publicationDate in .zenodo.json to current date (fix eossr)
         run: |
           TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-          sed -i "s/\"publicationDate\": \".*\"/\"publicationDate\": \"$TODAY\"/" .zenodo.json
+          sed -i "s/\"publication_date\": \".*\"/\"publication_date\": \"$TODAY\"/" .zenodo.json
           sed -i "s/\"dateModified\": \".*\"/\"dateModified\": \"$TODAY\"/" codemeta.json
       - name: Upload and Publish to Zenodo via eossr
         run: |
           eossr-upload-repository \
             --token "${{ secrets.ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}" \
             --input-dir . \
-            --archive-name sw-metadata-bot-{{github.event.release.tag_name}}.zip \
+            --archive-name "sw-metadata-bot-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.zip" \
             --record_id "${{ secrets.ZENODO_DEPOSITION_ID }}"