diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af74df4dfd4c09355ebafd7b1ca4c10ee2cbae44..0e7520438cd7a5ee32e58553c98751ca5e0b88fd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,12 @@ docker-app:
     - docker build -t lab.it.hs-hannover.de:4567/htf-cmh/vis_buildserver_gitlabci_demo:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA} .
     - docker push lab.it.hs-hannover.de:4567/htf-cmh/vis_buildserver_gitlabci_demo:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
 
+deploy-app:
+  stage: deploy
+  image: google/cloud-sdk
+  when: manual
+  script:
+    - sed -i "s/{VERSION}/${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}/g" deployment.yaml
+    - kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml
+  environment:
+    name: production