diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 4e63c8b3b..92c8acd09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "**.py"
       - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "!.github/**/*.py"
       - "!rest_api/**/*.py"
 
 env: