diff --git a/jjb/defaults.yaml b/jjb/defaults.yaml
index 3d8517d..cad8f41 100644
--- a/jjb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/jjb/defaults.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     failure-email-address: 'cord-dev@opencord.org'
 
     # Projects containing helm-charts
-    helm-charts-projects-regexp: '^(.*helm-charts|cord-platform|seba)$'
+    helm-charts-projects-regexp: '^(?!aether)(.*helm-charts|cord-platform|seba)$'
 
     # regexp for gerrit triggers
     # list of supported branches, for branch-regexp