diff --git a/.ci.yaml b/.ci.yaml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 48bd88dfa7c0f..d3bec418b3eb2
--- a/.ci.yaml
+++ b/.ci.yaml
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ targets:
 
   - name: animated_image_gc_perf
     builder: Linux animated_image_gc_perf
+    bringup: true
     presubmit: false
     scheduler: luci