diff --git a/.mr-label-maker.yml b/.mr-label-maker.yml
index 2c6e9b5cea071..3f931a11050dc 100644
--- a/.mr-label-maker.yml
+++ b/.mr-label-maker.yml
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ merge_requests:
         '^.gitlab-ci' : ['CI']
         '^.*/gitlab-ci(-inc)?.yml' : ['CI']
         '^.*/ci/deqp-.*\.toml' : ['CI']
-        '^.*/ci/.*-(fails|flakes|skips)\.txt' : ['CI']
-        '^.*/ci/(restricted-)?traces-.*\.yml' : ['CI']
-        '^.*/ci/.*-validation-settings\.txt' : ['CI']
+        '^.*/ci/.*-(fails|flakes|skips)\.txt' : ['CI-Expectations']
+        '^.*/ci/(restricted-)?traces-.*\.yml' : ['CI-Expectations', 'trace']
+        '^.*/ci/.*-validation-settings\.txt' : ['CI-Expectations']
         '^.gitlab-ci/windows/' : ['Windows']
         '^bin/__init__.py$' : ['maintainer-scripts']
         '^bin/gen_release_notes' : ['maintainer-scripts']