diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index d77a528e47..d893483ae8 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@
               - ^tempest/hacking/.*$
               - ^tempest/tests/.*$
               - ^tools/.*$
+              - ^.coveragerc$
+              - ^.gitignore$
+              - ^.gitreview$
+              - ^.mailmap$
         - tempest-full-py3:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
         - tempest-full-py3-ipv6:
@@ -643,6 +647,10 @@
               - ^setup.cfg$
               - ^tempest/hacking/.*$
               - ^tempest/tests/.*$
+              - ^.coveragerc$
+              - ^.gitignore$
+              - ^.gitreview$
+              - ^.mailmap$
               # tools/ is not here since this relies on a script in tools/.
         - tempest-ipv6-only:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files-2