diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovn-db/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ovn-db/defaults/main.yml
index 57735c37cc..a5d301ad5e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovn-db/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovn-db/defaults/main.yml
@@ -94,5 +94,3 @@ ovn_sb_command: >-
   --db-sb-pidfile=/run/ovn/ovnsb_db.pid
   --db-sb-file=/var/lib/openvswitch/ovn-sb/ovnsb.db
   --ovn-sb-logfile=/var/log/kolla/openvswitch/ovn-sb-db.log
-
-ovn_db_path: "{{ '/var/run/openvswitch' if kolla_base_distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu'] else '/var/run/ovn' }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/bootstrap-initial.yml b/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/bootstrap-initial.yml
index ba0d10c56e..693e2c1ddf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/bootstrap-initial.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovn-db/tasks/bootstrap-initial.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     - name: Check NB cluster status
       command: >
-        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t {{ ovn_db_path }}/ovnnb_db.ctl
+        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnnb_db.ctl
         cluster/status OVN_Northbound
       become: true
       changed_when: false
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     - name: Check SB cluster status
       command: >
-        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t {{ ovn_db_path }}/ovnsb_db.ctl
+        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnsb_db.ctl
         cluster/status OVN_Southbound
       become: true
       changed_when: false
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         ovn_nb_old_node: "{{ ovn_nb_db_cluster_status | regex_search('\\((\\w{4}) at tcp:' + api_interface_address + ':6643\\)', '\\1') | first }}"
       become: true
       command: >
-        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t {{ ovn_db_path }}/ovnnb_db.ctl
+        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnnb_db.ctl
         cluster/kick OVN_Northbound {{ ovn_nb_old_node }}
       when:
         - ovn_nb_db_cluster_status.stdout is defined
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         ovn_sb_old_node: "{{ ovn_sb_db_cluster_status | regex_search('\\((\\w{4}) at tcp:' + api_interface_address + ':6644\\)', '\\1') | first }}"
       become: true
       command: >
-        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t {{ ovn_db_path }}/ovnsb_db.ctl
+        {{ kolla_container_engine }} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnsb_db.ctl
         cluster/kick OVN_Southbound {{ ovn_sb_old_node }}
       when:
         - ovn_sb_db_cluster_status.stdout is defined
diff --git a/tests/test-ovn.sh b/tests/test-ovn.sh
index 7159c804b1..307105c3c0 100755
--- a/tests/test-ovn.sh
+++ b/tests/test-ovn.sh
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@ function test_ovn {
     echo "OVN SB DB entries:"
     sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_northd ovn-sbctl --db "$ovn_sb_connection" show
 
-    # Test OVSDB cluster state
-    if [[ $BASE_DISTRO =~ ^(debian|ubuntu)$ ]]; then
-        OVNNB_STATUS=$(sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/openvswitch/ovnnb_db.ctl cluster/status OVN_Northbound)
-        OVNSB_STATUS=$(sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/openvswitch/ovnsb_db.ctl cluster/status OVN_Southbound)
-    else
-        OVNNB_STATUS=$(sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnnb_db.ctl cluster/status OVN_Northbound)
-        OVNSB_STATUS=$(sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnsb_db.ctl cluster/status OVN_Southbound)
-    fi
+    OVNNB_STATUS=$(sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_nb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnnb_db.ctl cluster/status OVN_Northbound)
+    OVNSB_STATUS=$(sudo ${container_engine} exec ovn_sb_db ovs-appctl -t /var/run/ovn/ovnsb_db.ctl cluster/status OVN_Southbound)
 
     if [[ $(grep -o "at tcp:" <<< ${OVNNB_STATUS} | wc -l) != "3" ]]; then
         echo "ERR: NB Cluster does not have 3 nodes"
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index b7eb661b31..d2978ee017 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@
       base_distro: rocky
       is_upgrade: yes
 
+- job:
+    name: kolla-ansible-debian-upgrade-ovn
+    parent: kolla-ansible-ovn-base
+    nodeset: kolla-ansible-debian-bookworm-multi
+    timeout: 9000
+    vars:
+      base_distro: debian
+      is_upgrade: yes
+
 - job:
     name: kolla-ansible-ubuntu-upgrade-ovn
     parent: kolla-ansible-ovn-base
@@ -375,6 +384,13 @@
     vars:
       base_distro: rocky
 
+- job:
+    name: kolla-ansible-debian-ovn
+    parent: kolla-ansible-ovn-base
+    nodeset: kolla-ansible-debian-bookworm-multi
+    vars:
+      base_distro: debian
+
 - job:
     name: kolla-ansible-ubuntu-ovn
     parent: kolla-ansible-ovn-base
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index ef08c4aa36..b00865c3b1 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@
         - kolla-ansible-rocky9-cells
         - kolla-ansible-rocky9-mariadb
         - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-mariadb
+        - kolla-ansible-debian-ovn
         - kolla-ansible-rocky9-ovn
         - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-ovn
+        - kolla-ansible-debian-upgrade-ovn
         - kolla-ansible-rocky9-upgrade-ovn
         - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-upgrade-ovn
+        - kolla-ansible-debian
         - kolla-ansible-rocky9-prometheus-opensearch
         - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-prometheus-opensearch
         - kolla-ansible-rocky9-prometheus-opensearch-upgrade