diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 1638cafb68..fabea382b7 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -247,18 +247,17 @@ def main(ctx):
 
     pipelines = []
 
-    build_release_helpers = [
-        changelog(),
-        docs(),
-        licenseCheck(ctx),
-    ]
+    build_release_helpers = \
+        changelog() + \
+        docs() + \
+        licenseCheck(ctx)
 
     test_pipelines = \
         codestyle(ctx) + \
         checkTestSuitesInExpectedFailures(ctx) + \
         buildWebCache(ctx) + \
         getGoBinForTesting(ctx) + \
-        [buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)] + \
+        buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx) + \
         checkStarlark() + \
         build_release_helpers + \
         testOcisAndUploadResults(ctx) + \
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ def scanOcis(ctx):
     }
 
 def buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx):
-    return {
+    return [{
         "kind": "pipeline",
         "type": "docker",
         "name": "build_ocis_binary_for_testing",
@@ -573,7 +572,7 @@ def buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx):
             ],
         },
         "volumes": [pipelineVolumeGo],
-    }
+    }]
 
 def uploadScanResults(ctx):
     sonar_env = {
@@ -827,7 +826,7 @@ def localApiTestPipeline(ctx):
                                      localApiTests(suite, storage, params["extraEnvironment"]) +
                                      logRequests(),
                             "services": emailService() if params["emailNeeded"] else [] + clamavService() if params["antivirusNeeded"] else [],
-                            "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)]),
+                            "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)),
                             "trigger": {
                                 "ref": [
                                     "refs/heads/master",
@@ -887,7 +886,7 @@ def cs3ApiTests(ctx, storage, accounts_hash_difficulty = 4):
                          ],
                      },
                  ],
-        "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)]),
+        "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)),
         "trigger": {
             "ref": [
                 "refs/heads/master",
@@ -1023,7 +1022,7 @@ def wopiValidatorTests(ctx, storage, wopiServerType, accounts_hash_difficulty =
                      },
                  ] +
                  validatorTests,
-        "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)]),
+        "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)),
         "trigger": {
             "ref": [
                 "refs/heads/master",
@@ -1072,7 +1071,7 @@ def coreApiTests(ctx, part_number = 1, number_of_parts = 1, storage = "ocis", ac
                  ] +
                  logRequests(),
         "services": redisForOCStorage(storage),
-        "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)]),
+        "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)),
         "trigger": {
             "ref": [
                 "refs/heads/master",
@@ -1196,7 +1195,7 @@ def uiTestPipeline(ctx, filterTags, runPart = 1, numberOfParts = 1, storage = "o
             "name": "uploads",
             "temp": {},
         }],
-        "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)] + buildWebCache(ctx)),
+        "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx) + buildWebCache(ctx)),
         "trigger": {
             "ref": [
                 "refs/heads/master",
@@ -1303,7 +1302,7 @@ def e2eTestPipeline(ctx):
                     "type": "docker",
                     "name": "e2e-tests-%s-%s" % (name, run_part),
                     "steps": steps_before + [run_e2e] + steps_after,
-                    "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)] + buildWebCache(ctx)),
+                    "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx) + buildWebCache(ctx)),
                     "trigger": e2e_trigger,
                     "volumes": e2e_volumes,
                 })
@@ -1314,7 +1313,7 @@ def e2eTestPipeline(ctx):
                 "type": "docker",
                 "name": "e2e-tests-%s" % name,
                 "steps": steps_before + [step_e2e] + steps_after,
-                "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)] + buildWebCache(ctx)),
+                "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx) + buildWebCache(ctx)),
                 "trigger": e2e_trigger,
                 "volumes": e2e_volumes,
             })
@@ -1638,7 +1637,7 @@ def licenseCheck(ctx):
         "target": target,
     }
 
-    return {
+    return [{
         "kind": "pipeline",
         "type": "docker",
         "name": "check-licenses",
@@ -1740,7 +1739,7 @@ def licenseCheck(ctx):
             ],
         },
         "volumes": [pipelineVolumeGo],
-    }
+    }]
 
 def releaseDockerManifest():
     return {
@@ -1777,7 +1776,7 @@ def releaseDockerManifest():
     }
 
 def changelog():
-    return {
+    return [{
         "kind": "pipeline",
         "type": "docker",
         "name": "changelog",
@@ -1843,7 +1842,7 @@ def changelog():
                 "refs/pull/**",
             ],
         },
-    }
+    }]
 
 def releaseDockerReadme(ctx):
     return {
@@ -1880,7 +1879,7 @@ def releaseDockerReadme(ctx):
     }
 
 def docs():
-    return {
+    return [{
         "kind": "pipeline",
         "type": "docker",
         "name": "docs",
@@ -1949,7 +1948,7 @@ def docs():
                 "refs/pull/**",
             ],
         },
-    }
+    }]
 
 def makeNodeGenerate(module):
     if module == "":
@@ -2676,7 +2675,7 @@ def litmus(ctx, storage):
                      },
                  ],
         "services": redisForOCStorage(storage),
-        "depends_on": getPipelineNames([buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)]),
+        "depends_on": getPipelineNames(buildOcisBinaryForTesting(ctx)),
         "trigger": {
             "ref": [
                 "refs/heads/master",