diff --git a/tests/quality/config.yaml b/tests/quality/config.yaml
index c1090bb9..7242c0b6 100644
--- a/tests/quality/config.yaml
+++ b/tests/quality/config.yaml
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ tests:
       # we need to convert GHSAs to CVEs so that we can filter based on date
       - name: nvd
         use_cache: true
+      # note: the base images for most of the github test images are alpine and we are including the NVD namespace.
+      - name: alpine
+        use_cache: true
+      - name: wolfi
+        use_cache: true
     images:
       - docker.io/anchore/test_images:java-56d52bc@sha256:10008791acbc5866de04108746a02a0c4029ce3a4400a9b3dad45d7f2245f9da
       - docker.io/anchore/test_images:npm-56d52bc@sha256:ba42ded8613fc643d407a050faf5ab48cfb405ad3ef2015bf6feeb5dff44738d
diff --git a/tests/quality/configure.py b/tests/quality/configure.py
index f1d1f30d..0aad3cdb 100644
--- a/tests/quality/configure.py
+++ b/tests/quality/configure.py
@@ -333,24 +333,35 @@ def select_providers(cfg: Config, output_json: bool):
     changed_files = changes()
 
     selected_providers = set()
-    for test in cfg.tests:
-        if not test.provider:
-            continue
 
-        search_globs = [f"src/vunnel/providers/{test.provider}/**"]
+    # look for gate changes, if any, then run all providers
+    gate_globs = ["tests/quality/*.py", "tests/quality/*.yaml", "tests/quality/vulnerability-match-labels/**"]
+
+    for search_glob in gate_globs:
+        for changed_file in changed_files:
+            if fnmatch.fnmatch(changed_file, search_glob):
+                selected_providers = {test.provider for test in cfg.tests}
+
+    if not selected_providers:
+        # there are no gate changes, so look for provider-specific changes
+        for test in cfg.tests:
+            if not test.provider:
+                continue
+
+            search_globs = [f"src/vunnel/providers/{test.provider}/**"]
 
-        for additional_provider in test.additional_providers:
-            search_globs.append(f"src/vunnel/providers/{additional_provider.name}/**")
+            for additional_provider in test.additional_providers:
+                search_globs.append(f"src/vunnel/providers/{additional_provider.name}/**")
 
-        for g in test.additional_trigger_globs:
-            search_globs.append(g)
+            for g in test.additional_trigger_globs:
+                search_globs.append(g)
 
-        for search_glob in search_globs:
-            for changed_file in changed_files:
-                if fnmatch.fnmatch(changed_file, search_glob):
-                    logging.debug(f"provider {test.provider} is affected by file change {changed_file}")
-                    selected_providers.add(test.provider)
-                    break
+            for search_glob in search_globs:
+                for changed_file in changed_files:
+                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(changed_file, search_glob):
+                        logging.debug(f"provider {test.provider} is affected by file change {changed_file}")
+                        selected_providers.add(test.provider)
+                        break
 
     sorted_providers = sorted(selected_providers)
 
diff --git a/tests/quality/vulnerability-match-labels b/tests/quality/vulnerability-match-labels
index 3e6c878d..9f4f1a04 160000
--- a/tests/quality/vulnerability-match-labels
+++ b/tests/quality/vulnerability-match-labels
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3e6c878d144f95aab8bbb398ad0e7c717d6c3c31
+Subproject commit 9f4f1a0443d71146dd57bd21e02df5356b9074d9