diff --git a/scripts/check-role-prefix.sh b/scripts/check-role-prefix.sh
index 14c97c19e8..73e5a8dea3 100755
--- a/scripts/check-role-prefix.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-role-prefix.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ MSG=$(head -n 1 "$TMP_MSG_FILE")
 ROLE_COUNT=$(echo "$CHANGED_ROLES" | tr '|' '\n' | wc -l)
 
 if [ "$ROLE_COUNT" -eq 1 ]; then
-    # shellcheck disable=SC1087
-    PATTERN="^[\[(]$CHANGED_ROLES[\])]"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+    ESCAPED_ROLE=$(printf '%s\n' "$CHANGED_ROLES" | sed 's/[]\.*^$()+?{|]/\\&/g')
+    PATTERN="^[[(]${ESCAPED_ROLE}[])]"
 else
-    PATTERN="^[\[(](multiple)[\])]"
+    PATTERN="^[[(](multiple)[])]"
 fi
 
 if ! grep -qE "$PATTERN" <<<"$MSG"; then
diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index a41ad6c290..63d75aee8b 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       - .pre-commit-config.yaml
       - .readthedocs.yaml
       - .spellcheck.yml
+      - scripts/check-role-prefix.sh
       - roles/dlrn_report
       - roles/dlrn_promote
       - roles/devscripts
diff --git a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
index 6fe9ae944e..0257ae19f9 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
             requires:
               - cifmw-pod-pre-commit
               - cifmw-molecule
+            irrelevant-files:
+              - scripts/check-role-prefix.sh
         - podified-multinode-edpm-deployment-crc: *content_provider
         - cifmw-crc-podified-edpm-baremetal: *content_provider
         - podified-multinode-hci-deployment-crc: *content_provider