diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 697cb76da0..9c3af93f78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches: [ 'develop' ]
+    paths-ignore: [ '**/*.md', '.gitignore', '**/.gitignore', '.editorconfig',
+                    '.gitattributes', 'docs/**', 'CHANGELOG', '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**',
+                    '.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/**', '.github/CODEOWNERS' ]
   schedule:
     - cron: '6 10 * * 0'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
index 57e4ddb456..bbdd23f3a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ 'master','develop', 'release_**' ]
     types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]
+    paths-ignore: [ '**/*.md', '.gitignore', '**/.gitignore', '.editorconfig',
+                    '.gitattributes', 'docs/**', 'CHANGELOG', '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**',
+                    '.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/**', '.github/CODEOWNERS' ]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       job:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/system-test.yml b/.github/workflows/system-test.yml
index 223ef966e1..f6184fb0ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/system-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/system-test.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ 'develop', 'release_**' ]
     types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]
+    paths-ignore: [ '**/*.md', '.gitignore', '**/.gitignore', '.editorconfig',
+                    '.gitattributes', 'docs/**', 'CHANGELOG', '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**',
+                    '.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/**', '.github/CODEOWNERS' ]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}