diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3a5a67041..3b06f0dc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
     branches:
       - dev
       - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'      
 
 # only run the latest commit to avoid cache overwrites
 concurrency: