diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
index c3a651ecafce9..79606ab826286 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ def __hash__(self):
             r"^task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/coordinators/java/.*",
         ],
         FileGroupForCi.GO_SDK_E2E_FILES: [
-            r"^go-sdk/.*",
+            # `.md` excluded — doc-only edits do not affect the Go build or e2e tests.
+            r"^go-sdk/(?!.*\.md$).*",
             r"^airflow-e2e-tests/tests/airflow_e2e_tests/go_sdk_tests/.*",
             r"^airflow-e2e-tests/docker/go\.yml$",
             r"^task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/coordinators/_subprocess\.py$",
@@ -418,7 +419,9 @@ def __hash__(self):
             r"^task-sdk-integration-tests/.*\.py$",
         ],
         FileGroupForCi.GO_SDK_FILES: [
-            r"^go-sdk/.*\.go$",
+            # `.md` excluded — doc-only edits do not affect the Go build or tests, but
+            # everything else (go.mod, go.sum, build config) must trigger the unit tests.
+            r"^go-sdk/(?!.*\.md$).*",
         ],
         FileGroupForCi.JAVA_SDK_FILES: [
             r"^java-sdk/",
diff --git a/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py b/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
index ccf365d4734b9..9804873685f81 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
@@ -1453,6 +1453,33 @@ def assert_outputs_are_printed(expected_outputs: dict[str, str], stderr: str):
             },
             id="Run go unit and e2e tests for go-sdk source change",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ("go-sdk/go.mod",),
+            {
+                "run-go-sdk-tests": "true",
+                "run-go-sdk-e2e-tests": "true",
+                "prod-image-build": "true",
+            },
+            id="Run go unit and e2e tests for go-sdk dependency change",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ("go-sdk/README.md",),
+            {
+                "run-go-sdk-tests": "false",
+                "run-go-sdk-e2e-tests": "false",
+                "prod-image-build": "false",
+            },
+            id="Skip go unit and e2e tests for go-sdk README-only change",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ("go-sdk/adr/0001-bundle-packing-options.md",),
+            {
+                "run-go-sdk-tests": "false",
+                "run-go-sdk-e2e-tests": "false",
+                "prod-image-build": "false",
+            },
+            id="Skip go unit and e2e tests for go-sdk ADR-only change",
+        ),
         pytest.param(
             ("airflow-e2e-tests/docker/go.yml",),
             {