diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index a3bae3864ad22..a2d7a68b92522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,26 @@ name: Documentation Updates
 
 # Any change in triggers needs to be reflected in the concurrency group.
 on:
-  pull_request: {}
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'Documentation/**'
+      - 'bugtool/cmd/**'
+      - 'cilium/cmd/**'
+      - 'cilium-health/cmd/**'
+      - 'daemon/cmd/**'
+      - 'hubble-relay/cmd/**'
+      - 'operator/cmd/**'
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+    paths:
+      - 'Documentation/**'
+      - 'bugtool/cmd/**'
+      - 'cilium/cmd/**'
+      - 'cilium-health/cmd/**'
+      - 'daemon/cmd/**'
+      - 'hubble-relay/cmd/**'
+      - 'operator/cmd/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.after }}