diff --git a/.github/workflows/_run-docker-compose.yml b/.github/workflows/_run-docker-compose.yml
index 4cedc7f447..54ec72eea3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_run-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_run-docker-compose.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ jobs:
               fi
           done
 
+          if [ -z "$run_test_cases" ] && [[ $(printf '%s\n' "${changed_files[@]}" | grep ${{ inputs.example }} | grep /tests/) ]]; then
+              run_test_cases=$other_test_cases
+          fi
+
           test_cases=$(echo $run_test_cases | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | jq -R '.' | jq -sc '.')
           echo "test_cases=$test_cases"
           echo "test_cases=$test_cases" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/get_test_matrix.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/get_test_matrix.sh
index 7eb0362ef2..2d6efddd24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/get_test_matrix.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/get_test_matrix.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ for example in ${examples}; do
 
     run_hardware=""
     if [[ $(printf '%s\n' "${changed_files[@]}" | grep ${example} | cut -d'/' -f2 | grep -E '\.py|Dockerfile*|ui|docker_image_build' ) ]]; then
-        # run test on all hardware if megaservice or ui code change
+        echo "run test on all hardware if megaservice or ui code change..."
+        run_hardware=$hardware_list
+    elif [[ $(printf '%s\n' "${changed_files[@]}" | grep ${example} | grep 'tests'| cut -d'/' -f3 | grep -vE '^test_|^_test' ) ]]; then
+        echo "run test on all hardware if common test scripts change..."
         run_hardware=$hardware_list
     else
         for hardware in ${hardware_list}; do