diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 0b93855..a885fb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,25 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - 'components/**'
+      - 'overlays/**'
+      - 'install.sh'
+      - 'uninstall.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/integration.yaml'
+      - '.github/actions/**'
+      - '.github/scripts/**'
+      - '.github/config/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'components/**'
+      - 'overlays/**'
+      - 'install.sh'
+      - 'uninstall.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/integration.yaml'
+      - '.github/actions/**'
+      - '.github/scripts/**'
+      - '.github/config/**'
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index d2044e2..9f9b843 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - '.docs-preview/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - '.docs-preview/**'
 
 jobs:
   kustomize-build: