diff --git a/.zuul.d/project-template.yaml b/.zuul.d/project-template.yaml
index 539cc24ee9..d3060cdc2d 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/project-template.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/project-template.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     # ubuntu latest version). This nodeset setting will avoid such breaking
     # on stable branch and make sure it continue to run on the supported ubuntu
     # version on stable branches.
-    nodeset: ubuntu-jammy
+    nodeset: ubuntu-noble
     run: playbooks/requirements-check.yaml
     required-projects:
       - openstack/requirements
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
       - ^.*requirements.txt$
       - ^.*requirements-py[2,3].txt$
       - ^doc/requirements.txt$
-      - playbooks/requirements-check.yaml
       - ^lower-constraints.txt$
 
 - job:
@@ -54,4 +53,6 @@
     required-projects: openstack/nova
     vars:
       zuul_work_dir: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/nova'].src_dir }}"
-      zuul_branch: "master"
+    files:
+      - ^playbooks/requirements-check.yaml$
+      - ^roles/check-requirements/
diff --git a/roles/check-requirements/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/check-requirements/tasks/main.yaml
index b973902c60..c07eacfe24 100644
--- a/roles/check-requirements/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/check-requirements/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+- name: Create virtual environment
+  command: "{{ ensure_pip_virtualenv_command }} {{ zuul_work_dir }}/venv"
+
 - name: Install openstack_requirements
-  command: "pip3 install --user {{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/requirements'].src_dir }}"
+  command: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}/venv/bin/pip3 install {{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/requirements'].src_dir }}"
 
 - name: Run requirements check script
   # Use command module here instead of script since Zuul gets output
   # with command into job-output.txt file.
   # Command expects the file to be at the remote system - the system
   # running the tests. Ask zuul variables for the path.
-  command: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/requirements'].src_dir }}/playbooks/files/project-requirements-change.py {{ zuul_work_dir }} {{ zuul_branch }}"
+  command: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}/venv/bin/python3 {{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/requirements'].src_dir }}/playbooks/files/project-requirements-change.py {{ zuul_work_dir }} {{ zuul_branch }}"