diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml
index d1e3274ada..74be3c3654 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   - "tools/ci/python_packages/ttfw_idf/**/*"
 
   - "tools/ci/find_apps_build_apps.sh"
+  - "tools/ci/build_pytest_apps.py"
   - "tools/build_apps.py"
   - "tools/find_apps.py"
   - "tools/find_build_apps/**/*"
@@ -135,6 +136,13 @@
   - "tools/ci/test_reproducible_build.sh"
 
   - "tools/gen_soc_caps_kconfig/*"
+  - "tools/gen_soc_caps_kconfig/test/test_gen_soc_caps_kconfig.py"
+
+  - "tools/mkuf2.py"
+  - "tools/test_mkuf2/test_mkuf2.py"
+
+  - "tools/split_paths_by_spaces.py"
+
 
 .patterns-windows: &patterns-windows
   - "tools/windows/**/*"
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_tools_files_patterns.py b/tools/ci/check_tools_files_patterns.py
index 26337a55ec..fd62db2971 100755
--- a/tools/ci/check_tools_files_patterns.py
+++ b/tools/ci/check_tools_files_patterns.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ def check(pattern_yml, exclude_list):
     rules_dict = yaml.load(open(pattern_yml), Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
     rules_patterns_set = set()
     for k, v in rules_dict.items():
-        if k.startswith('.pattern') and isinstance(v, list):
+        if k.startswith('.pattern') and k != '.patterns-python-files' and isinstance(v, list):
             rules_patterns_set.update(v)
+
     rules_files_set = set()
     idf_path = Path(IDF_PATH)
     for pat in rules_patterns_set:
diff --git a/tools/ci/exclude_check_tools_files.txt b/tools/ci/exclude_check_tools_files.txt
index 8eae6d5555..8db6df9411 100644
--- a/tools/ci/exclude_check_tools_files.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/exclude_check_tools_files.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 tools/ble/**/*
 tools/catch/**/*
 tools/ci/build_template_app.sh
-
-# excluded because run in default pipeline pre-check stage
 tools/ci/check_*.py
 tools/ci/check_*.txt
 tools/ci/check_*.sh
 tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml
-
+tools/gdb_panic_server.py
+tools/check_term.py
+tools/check_python_dependencies.py
+tools/python_version_checker.py
+tools/generate_debug_prefix_map.py
 tools/ci/checkout_project_ref.py
 tools/ci/ci_fetch_submodule.py
 tools/ci/ci_get_mr_info.py