diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c97d68bab0030..d20a65b4df54d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -734,7 +734,8 @@ deploy-kubernetes-alerting-rules:
     refs:
       - master
     changes:
-      - "${RULES}"
+      - .gitlab-ci.yml
+      - .maintain/monitoring/