diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index 0e52c5f0682..48b9236fd9c 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       - ^playbooks/.*$
       - ^roles/.*$
       - ^rally-jobs/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       OVN_BRANCH: v20.06.1
       # TODO(jlibosva): v2.13.1 is incompatible with kernel 4.15.0-118, sticking to commit hash until new v2.13 tag is created
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
       - ^playbooks/.*$
       - ^roles/.*$
       - ^rally-jobs/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-fullstack-with-uwsgi
diff --git a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
index 37015e4d8b0..cd582eac235 100644
--- a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       devstack_services:
         etcd: false
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     roles:
       - zuul: openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin
     required-projects:
diff --git a/zuul.d/rally.yaml b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
index 64ed76ebdb9..6c96b2ad23d 100644
--- a/zuul.d/rally.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovn-rally-task
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       devstack_plugins:
         neutron: https://opendev.org/openstack/neutron
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
index 0ef1c7dd272..fb8423c5e44 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     voting: false
     vars:
       tox_envlist: integrated-network
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     roles:
       - zuul: zuul/zuul-jobs
       - zuul: openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
index 0dadc945ace..a7d6a120bc9 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-tempest-dvr
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-tempest-iptables_hybrid
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^neutron/agent/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-tempest-mariadb-full
@@ -258,6 +261,7 @@
       - ^tools/.*$
       - ^tox.ini$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-tempest-with-uwsgi-loki
@@ -375,6 +379,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-tempest-ipv6-only
diff --git a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
index 17c71d30ce6..345f87661a6 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovn-tripleo-ci-centos-8-containers-multinode
@@ -67,3 +68,4 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml