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'
diff --git a/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_cvp_pipelines.py b/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_cvp_pipelines.py
index 3d5fbc7..4597e54 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_cvp_pipelines.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_cvp_pipelines.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
         jenkins_start_timeout = 60
         jenkins_build_timeout = 6 * 60 * 60
         cluster_name = settings.ENV_NAME
+        tempest_pattern = settings.TEMPEST_PATTERN
         skiplist_file = "tcp_tests/templates/{}/tempest_skip.list".\
             format(cluster_name)
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
   report_prefix: "cvp_"
             """,
             'TEMPEST_ENDPOINT_TYPE': 'internalURL',
-            'TEMPEST_TEST_PATTERN': 'set=full',
+            'TEMPEST_TEST_PATTERN': tempest_pattern,
         }
         cvp_tempest_result = dt.start_job_on_jenkins(
             job_name,