diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 177a55c5c04..5d0c437c85b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -118,4 +118,4 @@ outputs:
 
   RUN_CTS:
     description: Determine if the `cts` job should run
-    value: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' || steps.diff.outputs.GITHUB_ACTIONS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.SPECS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.TESTS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JS_CLIENT_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JS_TEMPLATE_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JAVA_CLIENT_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JAVA_TEMPLATE_CHANGED > 0 }}
+    value: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' || steps.diff.outputs.GITHUB_ACTIONS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.SCRIPTS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.SPECS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.TESTS_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JS_CLIENT_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JS_TEMPLATE_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JAVA_CLIENT_CHANGED > 0 || steps.diff.outputs.JAVA_TEMPLATE_CHANGED > 0 }}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/create-client-matrix.sh b/scripts/ci/create-client-matrix.sh
index a927606c044..f369d23bf16 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/create-client-matrix.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/create-client-matrix.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for pair in $clients; do
     folder=$(echo $pair | jq '.folder')
     spec_changed=$(git diff --shortstat origin/$BASE_BRANCH..HEAD -- specs/$name | wc -l)
     client_changed=$(git diff --shortstat origin/$BASE_BRANCH..HEAD -- $folder | wc -l)
-    if [[ $BASE_CHANGED || $spec_changed > 0 || $client_changed > 0 ]]; then
+    if [[ $BASE_CHANGED == "true" || $spec_changed > 0 || $client_changed > 0 ]]; then
         to_test=$(echo $to_test | jq --argjson pair $pair '.client |= .+ [$pair]')
     fi
 done
diff --git a/scripts/ci/create-spec-matrix.sh b/scripts/ci/create-spec-matrix.sh
index cff3aeb123e..dad804c6ce3 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/create-spec-matrix.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/create-spec-matrix.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ for generator in "${generators[@]}"; do
     client=${generator#*-}
     if [[ ! ${specs[*]} =~ $client ]]; then
         changed=$(git diff --shortstat origin/$BASE_BRANCH..HEAD -- specs/$client | wc -l)
-        if [[ $BASE_CHANGED || $changed > 0 ]]; then
+        if [[ $BASE_CHANGED == "true" || $changed > 0 ]]; then
             specs=$(echo $specs | jq --arg client $client '.client |= .+ [$client]')
         fi
     fi