diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 1036a3d60ca1..4d166e1c6818 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -191,16 +191,17 @@ task:
   - du -m -s /usr/obj
 
 precommit_task:
+  persistent_worker:
+    labels:
+      jail: FreeBSD-src
   matrix:
     - name: amd64 smoke test using internal ci systems
       only_if: $CIRRUS_REPO_FULL_NAME != 'freebsd/freebsd-src' || $CIRRUS_BRANCH =~ 'pull/.*'
-      trigger_type: manual
       env:
         TARGET: amd64
         TARGET_ARCH: amd64
     - name: aarch64 smoke test using internal ci systems
       only_if: $CIRRUS_REPO_FULL_NAME != 'freebsd/freebsd-src' || $CIRRUS_BRANCH =~ 'pull/.*'
-      trigger_type: manual
       env:
         TARGET: arm64
         TARGET_ARCH: aarch64