diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index dca0d707d0..b8ff46bd23 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -6196,13 +6196,17 @@
       - build-openstack-sphinx-docs-python3
     check:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-linters
+        - openstack-tox-linters:
+            required-projects:
+              - openstack-infra/project-config
     experimental:
       jobs:
         - openstack-tox-validate
     gate:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-linters
+        - openstack-tox-linters:
+            required-projects:
+              - openstack-infra/project-config
     post:
       jobs:
         - publish-governance-tc