diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7c50a3bb5f..ad42f73ef3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setenv =
     OS_TEST_PATH=./tempest/test_discover
     OS_TEST_TIMEOUT={env:OS_TEST_TIMEOUT:1200}
 deps =
-    -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
+    -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/2023.2}
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 
 [testenv]
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ usedevelop = True
 allowlist_externals =
     find
 deps =
-    -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
+    -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/2023.2}
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:venv]
 deps =
-  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
+  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/2023.2}
   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = {posargs}
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
-  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
+  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/2023.2}
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
   sphinx-apidoc -f -o doc/source/tests/compute tempest/api/compute
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ paths =
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 deps =
-  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
+  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/2023.2}
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
   rm -rf releasenotes/build
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index d0f3c3c988..f69750d8d4 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
         - ironic-tempest-bios-ipmi-direct-tinyipa:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
+            # TODO(gmann): this is made non voting temporarly
+            voting: false
         - openstack-tox-bashate:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files-2
     gate:
@@ -154,8 +156,8 @@
         #    irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
         - nova-live-migration:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
-        - ironic-tempest-bios-ipmi-direct-tinyipa:
-            irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
+        #- ironic-tempest-bios-ipmi-direct-tinyipa:
+        #     irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
     experimental:
       jobs:
         - nova-multi-cell