diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 65e3747c..077a991c 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@
             os_vif_ovs:
               per_port_bridge: true
 
+# TODO(gmann): As per the 2023.1 testing runtime, we need to run at least
+# one job on Focal. This job can be removed as per the future testing
+# runtime (whenever we drop the Ubuntu Focal testing).
+- job:
+    name: os-vif-ovn-ubuntu-focal
+    description: |
+      os-vif ovn job (tests hybrid-plug=false) testing on Ubuntu Focal(20.04)
+    parent: os-vif-ovn
+    nodeset: openstack-single-node-focal
+
 - job:
     name: os-vif-linuxbridge
     parent: os-vif-tempest-base
@@ -171,11 +181,13 @@
             voting: false
         - openstack-tox-functional-ovs-with-sudo
         - os-vif-ovn
+        - os-vif-ovn-ubuntu-focal
         - os-vif-ovs-iptables
         - os-vif-linuxbridge
     gate:
       jobs:
         - openstack-tox-functional-ovs-with-sudo
         - os-vif-ovn
+        - os-vif-ovn-ubuntu-focal
         - os-vif-ovs-iptables
         - os-vif-linuxbridge