diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/group_access_token_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/group_access_token_spec.rb
index 7391082de852fc727d53e8a8ecebd34a3f7f3abc..9ba06127080d64472593dd816f84cd47f826678e 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/group_access_token_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/group_access_token_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module QA
       end
 
       it(
-        'can be used to create a file via the project API', :blocking,
+        'can be used to create a file via the project API', :smoke,
         testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/367064'
       ) do
         expect do
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module QA
       end
 
       it(
-        'can be used to commit via the API', :blocking,
+        'can be used to commit via the API', :smoke,
         testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/367067'
       ) do
         expect do
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/project_access_token_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/project_access_token_spec.rb
index e1aff18ffcc42d380796c82e7dfb8bd219fff5cf..1f44a97ef107ec9ec648294f6fc299f32e0b1d8c 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/project_access_token_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/10_govern/project_access_token_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module QA
       end
 
       context 'for the same project' do
-        it 'can be used to create a file via the project API', :blocking,
+        it 'can be used to create a file via the project API', :smoke,
           testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/347858' do
           expect do
             create(:file,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module QA
           end.not_to raise_error
         end
 
-        it 'can be used to commit via the API', :blocking,
+        it 'can be used to commit via the API', :smoke,
           testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/347859' do
           expect do
             create(:commit,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module QA
           different_project.remove_via_api!
         end
 
-        it 'cannot be used to create a file via the project API', :blocking,
+        it 'cannot be used to create a file via the project API', :smoke,
           testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/347860' do
           expect do
             create(:file,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module QA
           end.to raise_error(Resource::ApiFabricator::ResourceFabricationFailedError, /403 Forbidden/)
         end
 
-        it 'cannot be used to commit via the API', :blocking,
+        it 'cannot be used to commit via the API', :smoke,
           testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/347861' do
           expect do
             create(:commit,
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/10_govern/group/group_access_token_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/10_govern/group/group_access_token_spec.rb
index 584b3b57a71c05806b216975a007b04e24617b0e..a354052d73dfe36379a4e7fc6bde6469dcbd0160 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/10_govern/group/group_access_token_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/10_govern/group/group_access_token_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module QA
       let(:group_access_token) { QA::Resource::GroupAccessToken.fabricate_via_browser_ui! }
 
       it(
-        'can be created and revoked via the UI', :blocking,
+        'can be created and revoked via the UI', :smoke,
         testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/367044'
       ) do
         expect(group_access_token.token).not_to be_nil
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/change_vulnerability_status_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/change_vulnerability_status_spec.rb
index 8e242d2e8fed9bb62b841209378ca68f517f974a..eb18b79be8e06cfc026de78c225eccd6f499e545 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/change_vulnerability_status_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/change_vulnerability_status_spec.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module QA
         project.visit!
       end
 
-      it 'can successfully change status of a vulnerability in vulnerability details page', :blocking,
+      it 'can successfully change status of a vulnerability in vulnerability details page', :smoke,
         testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/361048' do
         Page::Project::Menu.perform(&:go_to_vulnerability_report)
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module QA
         end
       end
 
-      it 'can successfully bulk change status to confirmed in vulnerability report', :blocking,
+      it 'can successfully bulk change status to confirmed in vulnerability report', :smoke,
         testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/361405' do
         Page::Project::Menu.perform(&:go_to_vulnerability_report)
         bulk_change_status(confirmed_state)
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/fix_vulnerability_workflow_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/fix_vulnerability_workflow_spec.rb
index 36113d5eb6672821d71bd21b52cd2168eed24e49..a46bd7f796fd27baeb3062116a6e2c22a36f73e6 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/fix_vulnerability_workflow_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/10_govern/fix_vulnerability_workflow_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module QA
-  RSpec.describe 'Govern', :runner, :blocking, :external_api_calls, product_group: :threat_insights do
+  RSpec.describe 'Govern', :runner, :smoke, :external_api_calls, product_group: :threat_insights do
     describe 'Project vulnerability report' do
       let(:vuln_name) { "Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug" }
       let(:vuln_description) do