diff --git a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/base_create_service.rb b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/base_create_service.rb
index ea77cd98ba3..7f3b66d40e1 100644
--- a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/base_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/base_create_service.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Security
       end
 
       def existing_gitlab_ci_content
-        @gitlab_ci_yml ||= project.repository.gitlab_ci_yml_for(project.repository.root_ref_sha)
+        @gitlab_ci_yml ||= project.ci_config_for(project.repository.root_ref_sha)
         YAML.safe_load(@gitlab_ci_yml) if @gitlab_ci_yml
       end
 
diff --git a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/container_scanning_create_service.rb b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/container_scanning_create_service.rb
index 788533575e6..da2f1ac0981 100644
--- a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/container_scanning_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/container_scanning_create_service.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module Security
       private
 
       def action
-        Security::CiConfiguration::ContainerScanningBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content).generate
+        Security::CiConfiguration::ContainerScanningBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content,
+                                                                    project.ci_config_path).generate
       end
 
       def next_branch
diff --git a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/dependency_scanning_create_service.rb b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/dependency_scanning_create_service.rb
index 71e8d5025ae..b11eccc680c 100644
--- a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/dependency_scanning_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/dependency_scanning_create_service.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module Security
       private
 
       def action
-        Security::CiConfiguration::DependencyScanningBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content).generate
+        Security::CiConfiguration::DependencyScanningBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content,
+                                                                     project.ci_config_path).generate
       end
 
       def next_branch
diff --git a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_create_service.rb b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_create_service.rb
index 47e01847b17..d78e22f1fe1 100644
--- a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_create_service.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Security
           nil
         end
 
-        Security::CiConfiguration::SastBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, params, existing_content).generate
+        Security::CiConfiguration::SastBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, params, existing_content, project.ci_config_path).generate
       end
 
       def next_branch
diff --git a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_iac_create_service.rb b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_iac_create_service.rb
index 80e9cf963da..fbc65484216 100644
--- a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_iac_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/sast_iac_create_service.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module Security
       private
 
       def action
-        Security::CiConfiguration::SastIacBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content).generate
+        Security::CiConfiguration::SastIacBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content,
+                                                          project.ci_config_path).generate
       end
 
       def next_branch
diff --git a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/secret_detection_create_service.rb b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/secret_detection_create_service.rb
index ff3458d36fc..ca5138b6ed6 100644
--- a/app/services/security/ci_configuration/secret_detection_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/security/ci_configuration/secret_detection_create_service.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module Security
       private
 
       def action
-        Security::CiConfiguration::SecretDetectionBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content).generate
+        Security::CiConfiguration::SecretDetectionBuildAction.new(project.auto_devops_enabled?, existing_gitlab_ci_content,
+                                                                  project.ci_config_path).generate
       end
 
       def next_branch
diff --git a/lib/security/ci_configuration/base_build_action.rb b/lib/security/ci_configuration/base_build_action.rb
index 6012067fb53..9c2670144e3 100644
--- a/lib/security/ci_configuration/base_build_action.rb
+++ b/lib/security/ci_configuration/base_build_action.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 module Security
   module CiConfiguration
     class BaseBuildAction
-      def initialize(auto_devops_enabled, existing_gitlab_ci_content)
+      def initialize(auto_devops_enabled, existing_gitlab_ci_content, ci_config_path = ::Ci::Pipeline::DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH)
         @auto_devops_enabled = auto_devops_enabled
         @existing_gitlab_ci_content = existing_gitlab_ci_content || {}
+        @ci_config_path = ci_config_path || ::Ci::Pipeline::DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
       end
 
       def generate
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ module Security
 
         update_existing_content!
 
-        { action: action, file_path: '.gitlab-ci.yml', content: prepare_existing_content, default_values_overwritten: @default_values_overwritten }
+        { action: action, file_path: @ci_config_path, content: prepare_existing_content, default_values_overwritten: @default_values_overwritten }
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/lib/security/ci_configuration/sast_build_action.rb b/lib/security/ci_configuration/sast_build_action.rb
index 3fa5e9c7177..63f16a1bebe 100644
--- a/lib/security/ci_configuration/sast_build_action.rb
+++ b/lib/security/ci_configuration/sast_build_action.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 module Security
   module CiConfiguration
     class SastBuildAction < BaseBuildAction
-      def initialize(auto_devops_enabled, params, existing_gitlab_ci_content)
-        super(auto_devops_enabled, existing_gitlab_ci_content)
+      def initialize(auto_devops_enabled, params, existing_gitlab_ci_content, ci_config_path = ::Ci::Pipeline::DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH)
+        super(auto_devops_enabled, existing_gitlab_ci_content, ci_config_path)
         @variables = variables(params)
         @default_sast_values = default_sast_values(params)
         @default_values_overwritten = false
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/services/security/ci_configuration/create_service_shared_examples.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/services/security/ci_configuration/create_service_shared_examples.rb
index 538fd2bb513..105c4247ff7 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_examples/services/security/ci_configuration/create_service_shared_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/services/security/ci_configuration/create_service_shared_examples.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ RSpec.shared_examples_for 'services security ci configuration create service' do
         end
       end
 
+      context 'when the project has a non-default ci config file' do
+        before do
+          project.ci_config_path = 'non-default/.gitlab-ci.yml'
+        end
+
+        it 'does track the snowplow event' do
+          subject
+
+          expect_snowplow_event(**snowplow_event)
+        end
+      end
+
       unless skip_w_params
         context 'with parameters' do
           let(:params) { non_empty_params }