diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml
index e3caf3b..0763d7f 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
-        default: ^heat_tempest_plugin.tests*|^tempest.api.image*|^tempest_horizon*|^tempest.api.identity*|^tempest.api.network*|^tempest.api.compute*|^tempest.api.volume*|^tempest.scenario*|^tempest.api.object_storage*
+        default: set=smoke
         description: Exclude tungsten tests by default
         name: TEMPEST_PATTERN
         trim: 'false'
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
index a7db0c8..0d70730 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
         name: JENKINS_PIPELINE_BRANCH
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
-        default: ''
+        default: set=smoke
         description: ''
         name: TEMPEST_PATTERN
         trim: 'false'
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
index 41e57d3..cb702d5 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         name: TEMPEST_EXTRA_ARGS
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
-        default: ^heat_tempest_plugin.tests*|^tempest.api.image*|^tempest_horizon*|^tempest.api.identity*|^tempest.api.network*|^tempest.api.compute*|^tempest.api.volume*|^tempest.scenario*|^tempest.api.object_storage*
+        default: set=smoke
         description: Exclude tungsten tests by default
         name: TEMPEST_PATTERN
         trim: 'false'
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
index eab85d8..7f9eb75 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
         name: JENKINS_PIPELINE_BRANCH
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
-        default: ''
+        default: set=smoke
         description: ''
         name: TEMPEST_PATTERN
         trim: 'false'