diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22629c1167f81001a7736849d6dc8a34323b168a..e76b0f2d07f73901372a51730dad4fff0359af76 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
   - "{,ee/}{app/channels,app/controllers,app/finders,app/graphql,app/helpers,app/mailers,app/models,app/policies,app/presenters,app/serializers,app/services,app/uploaders,app/validators,app/views,app/workers}/**/*"
   - "{,ee/}{bin,cable,config,db,lib}/**/*"
   - "{,ee/}spec/**/*.rb"
+  # CI changes
   - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/**/*"
   - "*_VERSION"
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@
   - "{,ee/}spec/support/helpers/database/**/*"
   - "config/prometheus/common_metrics.yml"  # Used by Gitlab::DatabaseImporters::CommonMetrics::Importer
   - "{,ee/}app/models/project_statistics.rb"  # Used to calculate sizes in migration specs
+  # CI changes
+  - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
+  - ".gitlab/ci/**/*"
 
 .db-library-patterns: &db-library-patterns
   - "{,ee/}{,spec/}lib/{,ee/}gitlab/database/**/*"
@@ -183,6 +187,8 @@
   - ".csscomb.json"
   - "Dockerfile.assets"
   - "vendor/assets/**/*"
+  # CI changes
+  - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/**/*"
   - ".{eslintignore,gitattributes,nvmrc,prettierrc,stylelintrc,yamllint}"
   - ".{codeclimate,eslintrc,gitlab-ci,haml-lint,haml-lint_todo,rubocop,rubocop_todo,rubocop_manual_todo}.yml"
@@ -206,6 +212,8 @@
   - ".csscomb.json"
   - "Dockerfile.assets"
   - "vendor/assets/**/*"
+  # CI changes
+  - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/**/*"
   - ".{eslintignore,gitattributes,nvmrc,prettierrc,stylelintrc,yamllint}"
   - ".{codeclimate,eslintrc,gitlab-ci,haml-lint,haml-lint_todo,rubocop,rubocop_todo,rubocop_manual_todo}.yml"
@@ -232,6 +240,8 @@
   - ".csscomb.json"
   - "Dockerfile.assets"
   - "vendor/assets/**/*"
+  # CI changes
+  - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/**/*"
   - ".{eslintignore,gitattributes,nvmrc,prettierrc,stylelintrc,yamllint}"
   - ".{codeclimate,eslintrc,gitlab-ci,haml-lint,haml-lint_todo,rubocop,rubocop_todo,rubocop_manual_todo}.yml"
@@ -254,6 +264,8 @@
   - ".csscomb.json"
   - "Dockerfile.assets"
   - "vendor/assets/**/*"
+  # CI changes
+  - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/**/*"
   - ".{eslintignore,gitattributes,nvmrc,prettierrc,stylelintrc,yamllint}"
   - ".{codeclimate,eslintrc,gitlab-ci,haml-lint,haml-lint_todo,rubocop,rubocop_todo,rubocop_manual_todo}.yml"