diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index fbc682f7afb..d07290be1fc 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       - ^playbooks/.*$
       - ^roles/.*$
       - ^rally-jobs/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       Q_BUILD_OVS_FROM_GIT: True
       INSTALL_OVN: True
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
       - ^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 c38ee370fdb..9a28a16dd91 100644
--- a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       devstack_services:
         etcd: false
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^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 6fc324e6d13..6f9371c1c58 100644
--- a/zuul.d/rally.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovn-rally-task
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^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 3b9cd95b00b..b055210f683 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       tox_envlist: integrated-network
       devstack_localrc:
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^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 8bf1828f1e6..caab0b63f3d 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovs-tempest-dvr
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 # TODO(ralonsoh): remove this duplicated definition when "devstack" and "nova"
 # adopt the new name.
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^neutron/agent/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovn-tempest-mariadb-full
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovn-tempest-with-neutron-lib-master
@@ -383,6 +387,7 @@
       - ^tools/.*$
       - ^tox.ini$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-ovn-tempest-with-uwsgi-loki
@@ -505,6 +510,7 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 # TODO(slaweq): move this to be multinode job when it will be possible in Zuul
 - job:
diff --git a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
index efaa7d89bd7..85eb47141e4 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
       - ^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
@@ -71,3 +72,4 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml