diff --git a/config/install/automatic_updates.settings.yml b/config/install/automatic_updates.settings.yml
index a5dce8b4eb763e7bf54c86976964afdb4af73122..5386402ba38da2bbc3b8e310e9974713f7b6dad9 100644
--- a/config/install/automatic_updates.settings.yml
+++ b/config/install/automatic_updates.settings.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ notify: true
 check_frequency: 43200
 enable_readiness_checks: true
 hashes_uri: 'https://updates.drupal.org/release-hashes'
-ignored_paths: "modules/custom/*\nthemes/custom/*\nprofiles/custom/*"
+ignored_paths: "modules/*\nthemes/*\nprofiles/*"
 download_uri: 'https://www.drupal.org/in-place-updates'
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesTest.php
index d01fc4c2dbe00d60d6715599fa18b348f0b7ee60..3acc8fbf86c6758e65e54098f2b516ab9239027f 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesTest.php
@@ -92,13 +92,17 @@ class AutomaticUpdatesTest extends BrowserTestBase {
    * Tests manually running readiness checks.
    */
   public function testReadinessChecks() {
+    $ignore_paths = "modules/custom/*\nthemes/custom/*\nprofiles/custom/*";
+    $this->config('automatic_updates.settings')->set('ignored_paths', $ignore_paths)
+      ->save();
     // Test manually running readiness checks. A few warnings will occur.
     $this->drupalGet(Url::fromRoute('automatic_updates.settings'));
     $this->clickLink('run the readiness checks');
     $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Your site does not pass some readiness checks for automatic updates. Depending on the nature of the failures, it might effect the eligibility for automatic updates.');
 
     // Ignore specific file paths to see no readiness issues.
-    $this->config('automatic_updates.settings')->set('ignored_paths', "core/*\nmodules/*\nthemes/*\nprofiles/*")
+    $ignore_paths = "core/*\nmodules/*\nthemes/*\nprofiles/*";
+    $this->config('automatic_updates.settings')->set('ignored_paths', $ignore_paths)
       ->save();
     $this->drupalGet(Url::fromRoute('automatic_updates.settings'));
     $this->clickLink('run the readiness checks');
diff --git a/tests/src/Kernel/ReadinessChecker/MissingProjectInfoTest.php b/tests/src/Kernel/ReadinessChecker/MissingProjectInfoTest.php
index ada97b18417939d33e0251740edff784f988f31d..14a728dcb430123d03ca8138ce922caa6842a66e 100644
--- a/tests/src/Kernel/ReadinessChecker/MissingProjectInfoTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Kernel/ReadinessChecker/MissingProjectInfoTest.php
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class MissingProjectInfoTest extends KernelTestBase {
   public function testMissingProjectInfo() {
     // The checker should always have messages on the testbot, since project
     // info is added by the packager.
+    $ignore_paths = "modules/custom/*\nthemes/custom/*\nprofiles/custom/*";
+    $this->config('automatic_updates.settings')->set('ignored_paths', $ignore_paths)
+      ->save();
     $messages = $this->container->get('automatic_updates.missing_project_info')->run();
     $this->assertNotEmpty($messages);