diff --git a/app/models/ci/build.rb b/app/models/ci/build.rb
index 85960f1b6bb..83fe23606d1 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/build.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/build.rb
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def valid_dependency?
-      return false unless complete?
       return false if artifacts_expired?
       return false if erased?
 
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
index c5e23532aa5..871e8b47650 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
@@ -1861,9 +1861,9 @@ describe Ci::Build do
   describe 'state transition: any => [:running]' do
     shared_examples 'validation is active' do
       context 'when depended job has not been completed yet' do
-        let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :running, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
+        let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :manual, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
 
-        it { expect { job.run! }.to raise_error(Ci::Build::MissingDependenciesError) }
+        it { expect { job.run! }.not_to raise_error(Ci::Build::MissingDependenciesError) }
       end
 
       context 'when artifacts of depended job has been expired' do
@@ -1885,11 +1885,10 @@ describe Ci::Build do
 
     shared_examples 'validation is not active' do
       context 'when depended job has not been completed yet' do
-        let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :running, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
+        let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :manual, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
 
         it { expect { job.run! }.not_to raise_error }
       end
-
       context 'when artifacts of depended job has been expired' do
         let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :success, :expired, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
 
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb
index 22fb7ed7215..de8a9ce12ff 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ module Ci
 
         shared_examples 'validation is active' do
           context 'when depended job has not been completed yet' do
-            let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :running, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
+            let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :manual, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
 
-            it_behaves_like 'not pick'
+            it { expect(subject).to eq(pending_job) }
           end
 
           context 'when artifacts of depended job has been expired' do
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ module Ci
           end
 
           context 'when job object is staled' do
-            let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :running, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
+            let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :success, :expired, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
 
             before do
               allow_any_instance_of(Ci::Build).to receive(:drop!)
@@ -324,11 +324,10 @@ module Ci
 
         shared_examples 'validation is not active' do
           context 'when depended job has not been completed yet' do
-            let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :running, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
+            let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :manual, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }
 
             it { expect(subject).to eq(pending_job) }
           end
-
           context 'when artifacts of depended job has been expired' do
             let!(:pre_stage_job) { create(:ci_build, :success, :expired, pipeline: pipeline, name: 'test', stage_idx: 0) }