diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-library.yml b/.github/workflows/build-library.yml
index 28f744cbd..d7219ea34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-library.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-library.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ on:
             - "releases/**"
         paths:
             - "data-processing-lib/**"
+            - "!**.md"
+            - "!**/doc/**"
+            - "!**/.gitignore"
     pull_request:
         branches:
             - "dev"
             - "releases/**"
         paths:
             - "data-processing-lib/**"
+            - "!**.md"
+            - "!**/doc/**"
+            - "!**/.gitignore"
 jobs:
     build-python-lib:
         runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-kfp.yml b/.github/workflows/test-kfp.yml
index 34c745ee5..549c0d37d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-kfp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-kfp.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ on:
             - "*"
         paths:
             - "kfp/**"
+            - "!**.md"
+            - "!**/doc/**"
+            - "!**/.gitignore"
     pull_request:
         branches:
             - "dev"
             - "releases/**"
         paths:
             - "kfp/**"
+            - "!**.md"
+            - "!**/doc/**"
+            - "!**/.gitignore"
 
 env:
     KFP_BLACK_LIST: "doc_chunk-ray,pdf2parquet-ray,pii_redactor"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-lib.yml b/.github/workflows/test-lib.yml
index fe6eff0f1..bb5a39531 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-lib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-lib.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
         paths:
             # Note: the transform workflows are expected to trigger when data-processing-lib/** changes
             - "data-processing-lib/**"
+            - "!**.md"
+            - "!**/doc/**"
+            - "!**/.gitignore"
     pull_request:
         branches:
             - "dev"
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ on:
         paths:
             # Note: the transform workflows are expected to trigger when data-processing-lib/** changes
             - "data-processing-lib/**"
+            - "!**.md"
+            - "!**/doc/**"
+            - "!**/.gitignore"
 
 jobs:
     check_if_push_images: