diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-elasticsearch-setup.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-elasticsearch-setup.yml
index 5b8b2b24c7373f..e0963a24686afb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-elasticsearch-setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-elasticsearch-setup.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths:
-      - 'docker/elasticsearch-setup/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/docker-elasticsearch-setup.yml'
-      - 'gms/impl/src/main/resources/index/**'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-kafka-setup.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-kafka-setup.yml
index 7c9c4c8070945c..1144a7868b74de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-kafka-setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-kafka-setup.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths:
-      - 'docker/kafka-setup/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/docker-kafka-setup.yml'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master