diff --git a/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.spec.ts b/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.spec.ts
index 38d22aa..40cf32b 100644
--- a/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.spec.ts
+++ b/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.spec.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,25 @@ describe("path-must-specify-tags", () => {
     expect(result).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
+  it('ignores non http verb fields', async () => {
+    const result = await spectral.run(JSON.stringify({
+      openapi: "3.0",
+      paths: {
+        "/test/{param}": {
+          summary: "",
+          description: "",
+          servers: [],
+          parameters: [{
+            name: 'param',
+            in: "path",
+            schema: {type: "string"}
+          }]
+        }
+      }
+    }))
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(0);
+  })
+
   const getTestSpec = (tags?: string[], path = "/api/some/path") =>
     JSON.stringify({
       openapi: '3.0',
diff --git a/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.yml b/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.yml
index f035a2e..435e25e 100644
--- a/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.yml
+++ b/rules/endpoint/path-must-specify-tags.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rules:
     severity: error
     formats:
       - oas3
-    given: $.paths[?(!@property.match(/well-known/ig))].*
+    given: $.paths[?(!@property.match(/well-known/ig))].[get,post,put,delete,patch,options,head,trace]
     then:
       - field: tags
         function: truthy
diff --git a/spectral.yml b/spectral.yml
index 04e77d2..a004f1c 100644
--- a/spectral.yml
+++ b/spectral.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ rules:
     description: Every route must specify at least one tag it belongs to
     message: "{{description}}; property tags is missing at: {{path}}"
     severity: error
-    given: $.paths[?(!@property.match(/well-known/ig))].*
+    given: $.paths[?(!@property.match(/well-known/ig))].[get,post,put,delete,patch,options,head,trace]
     then:
       - field: tags
         function: truthy