diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/templates/service.yaml b/.azure-pipelines/templates/service.yaml
index 34b9efff1..f90dcc222 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/service.yaml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ stages:
         - ${{ each dependency in parameters.serviceRequiredArtifacts }}:
           - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
             displayName: Download artifacts from ${{ dependency.name }} dependency
+            continueOnError: ${{ dependency.continueOnError }}
             inputs:
               artifactName: ${{ dependency.artifact }}
               source: ${{ dependency.source }}
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yaml b/azure-pipelines.yaml
index 089a5096f..0b8e0b93b 100755
--- a/azure-pipelines.yaml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yaml
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ parameters:
             version: 'latest'
             artifact: frontend
             patterns: '**/*'
+            continueOnError: false
           - name: backend-dependencies
             source: specific
             version: 'latestFromBranch'
             artifact: backend
             patterns: '.stack/**/*'
+            continueOnError: true
         artifacts: |
           bin/uniworx
           bin/uniworxdb