diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack/cluster-api-provider-openstack-presubmits.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack/cluster-api-provider-openstack-presubmits.yaml
index d24034aac972..8026f2e34760 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack/cluster-api-provider-openstack-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack/cluster-api-provider-openstack-presubmits.yaml
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ presubmits:
       preset-dind-enabled: "true"
       preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
     path_alias: "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-openstack"
-    # TODO(sbueringer): always_run: true, optional: false after test has been merged on CAPO master
-    always_run: false
-    optional: true
+    always_run: true
+    optional: false
     decorate: true
     decoration_config:
       timeout: 5h