diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml
index f99ed017fb..b806f2303f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ name: whylogs Java CI
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ mainline, release]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/README.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ mainline, release]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/README.md'
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/python-continuous-integration.yml
index 44a9d10a7b..20f3e6e539 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-continuous-integration.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ name: whylogs Python CI
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ mainline, release]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/README.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ mainline, release]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/README.md'
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-notebook.yml b/.github/workflows/test-notebook.yml
index 2c6b31486b..028261d2a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-notebook.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-notebook.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ name: notebook test
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ mainline, release]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/README.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ mainline, release]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/README.md'
 
 jobs:
   notebook-test: