diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 5677aab2e88..c2c1fb96df7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     # closed will be triggered when a pull request is merged. This is to keep https://github.com/firebase/SpecsTesting up to date.
     types: [closed]
+    paths:
+    - '.github/workflows/prerelease.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     # Run every day at 10pm (PDT) / 1am (EDT) - cron uses UTC times