diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index 4fb5122e62..643559217a 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -4319,8 +4319,8 @@
 
 - project:
     name: openstack/instack
-    templates:
-      - publish-to-pypi-python3
+    # NOTE(aschultz): these have to dupe the publish-to-pypi-python3 jobs
+    # because of the branch designation for the release job
     check:
       jobs:
         - noop:
@@ -4333,12 +4333,23 @@
             branches: master
         - test-release-openstack-python3:
             branches: ^(?!master).*$
-
+    pre-release:
+      jobs:
+        - release-openstack-python3
+    release:
+      jobs:
+        - release-openstack-python3
+        - announce-release:
+            dependencies:
+              - release-openstack-python3
+        - propose-update-constraints:
+            dependencies:
+              - release-openstack-python3
 
 - project:
     name: openstack/instack-undercloud
-    templates:
-      - publish-to-pypi-python3
+    # NOTE(aschultz): these have to dupe the publish-to-pypi-python3 jobs
+    # because of the branch designation for the release job
     check:
       jobs:
         - noop:
@@ -4351,6 +4362,18 @@
             branches: master
         - test-release-openstack-python3:
             branches: ^(?!master).*$
+    pre-release:
+      jobs:
+        - release-openstack-python3
+    release:
+      jobs:
+        - release-openstack-python3
+        - announce-release:
+            dependencies:
+              - release-openstack-python3
+        - propose-update-constraints:
+            dependencies:
+              - release-openstack-python3
 
 - project:
     name: openstack/intel-nfv-ci-tests