diff --git a/plan/ci.go b/plan/ci.go
index a376f57f8..9457e161e 100644
--- a/plan/ci.go
+++ b/plan/ci.go
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func (p *Plan) buildAtlantisConfig(c *v2.Config) AtlantisConfig {
 						uniqueModuleSources = append(uniqueModuleSources, *m.Source)
 					}
 				}
-				whenModified := []string{}
+				whenModified := []string{"*.tf"}
 				if d.AutoplanRelativeGlobs != nil {
 					whenModified = append(whenModified, d.AutoplanRelativeGlobs...)
 				}
diff --git a/testdata/v2_atlantis_depends_on/atlantis.yaml b/testdata/v2_atlantis_depends_on/atlantis.yaml
index 59a09c303..21454d835 100644
--- a/testdata/v2_atlantis_depends_on/atlantis.yaml
+++ b/testdata/v2_atlantis_depends_on/atlantis.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ projects:
     terraform_version: 0.100.0
     autoplan:
       when_modified:
+        - '*.tf'
         - ../../foo.yaml
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf.json
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ projects:
     terraform_version: 0.100.0
     autoplan:
       when_modified:
+        - '*.tf'
         - '!remote-states.tf'
         - ../../../../foo_modules/parent_module/**/*.tf
         - ../../../../foo_modules/parent_module/**/*.tf.json
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ projects:
     terraform_version: 0.100.0
     autoplan:
       when_modified:
+        - '*.tf'
         - '!remote-states.tf'
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf.json
diff --git a/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis/atlantis.yaml b/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis/atlantis.yaml
index e722a80ae..76961aa0e 100644
--- a/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis/atlantis.yaml
+++ b/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis/atlantis.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ projects:
     terraform_version: 0.100.0
     autoplan:
       when_modified:
+        - '*.tf'
         - '!remote-states.tf'
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf.json
diff --git a/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis_dup_module/atlantis.yaml b/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis_dup_module/atlantis.yaml
index 1a11ffad0..51138fc55 100644
--- a/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis_dup_module/atlantis.yaml
+++ b/testdata/v2_tf_registry_module_atlantis_dup_module/atlantis.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ projects:
     terraform_version: 0.100.0
     autoplan:
       when_modified:
+        - '*.tf'
         - '!remote-states.tf'
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf
         - ../../../modules/my_module/**/*.tf.json