diff --git a/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml
index 050869a0..7f81be61 100644
--- a/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/max-keep-runs: "3"
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-event: '[pull_request]'
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: |
-      event == "pull_request" && target_branch == "stable" && !("dashboard/*".pathChanged() || "deploy/*".pathChanged())
+      event == "pull_request" && target_branch == "stable" && ("pom.xml".pathChanged() || "api-spec/*".pathChanged() || "src/*".pathChanged() || "ui/*".pathChanged())
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     appstudio.openshift.io/application: exhort-alpha
diff --git a/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml b/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml
index 90ffc775..89a8b8a2 100644
--- a/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/max-keep-runs: "3"
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-event: '[push]'
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: |
-      event == "push" && target_branch == "stable" && !("dashboard/*".pathChanged() || "deploy/*".pathChanged())
+      event == "push" && target_branch == "stable" && ("pom.xml".pathChanged() || "api-spec/*".pathChanged() || "src/*".pathChanged() || "ui/*".pathChanged())
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     appstudio.openshift.io/application: exhort-alpha