diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7064657abf4ec064804d26cc097ed11ba40cb4b2..43e232f8e48af45e98d57cd2b7d24172bf0d0215 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -197,37 +197,36 @@ staging_trigger_unified-api_redeployment:
     - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
 
 ## production environment
-# todo gregor: enable later
-#production_deploy:
-#  extends: .deploy
-#  needs: ['staging_smoketest']
-#  stage: deploy_production
-#  allow_failure: false
-#  environment:
-#    name: production
-#    deployment_tier: production
-#    url: https://production.events.apis.holi.social
-#  variables:
-#    ENVIRONMENT_ID: production
-#  rules:
-#    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
-#
-#production_smoketest:
-#  extends: .smoketest
-#  needs: ['production_deploy']
-#  stage: deploy_production
-#  rules:
-#    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
-#
-#production_trigger_unified-api_redeployment:
-#  needs: ['production_smoketest']
-#  stage: deploy_production
-#  trigger:
-#    project: 'app/holi-unified-api'
-#    branch: 'production'
-#    forward:
-#      yaml_variables: false
-#      pipeline_variables: false
-#  rules:
-#    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
-#  resource_group: unified-api-production
+production_deploy:
+  extends: .deploy
+  needs: ['staging_smoketest']
+  stage: deploy_production
+  allow_failure: false
+  environment:
+    name: production
+    deployment_tier: production
+    url: https://production.events.apis.holi.social
+  variables:
+    ENVIRONMENT_ID: production
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
+
+production_smoketest:
+  extends: .smoketest
+  needs: ['production_deploy']
+  stage: deploy_production
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
+
+production_trigger_unified-api_redeployment:
+  needs: ['production_smoketest']
+  stage: deploy_production
+  trigger:
+    project: 'app/holi-unified-api'
+    branch: 'production'
+    forward:
+      yaml_variables: false
+      pipeline_variables: false
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
+  resource_group: unified-api-production