diff --git a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
index 58638416fc..828fd6a4f0 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@
     name: openstack-ansible-deploy-aio_distro_metal-jobs
     check:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-ansible-deploy-aio_distro_metal-centos-7:
-            voting: false
+        - openstack-ansible-deploy-aio_distro_metal-centos-7
+    gate:
+      jobs:
+        - openstack-ansible-deploy-aio_distro_metal-centos-7
     experimental:
       jobs:
         # NOTE(hwoarang) SUSE and Ubuntu distro jobs remain non-voting