diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b97be58b9..bd2e26484 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: ci/gh-actions/cli
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**/README.md'
 
 # The below variables reduce repetitions across similar targets
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/depends.yml b/.github/workflows/depends.yml
index 74d0ceabc..9385338de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/depends.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/depends.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: ci/gh-actions/depends
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**/README.md'
 
 env:
   APT_SET_CONF: |