diff --git a/workflow-templates/phpunit-mysql.yml b/workflow-templates/phpunit-mysql.yml
index db0460ef..7b378832 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/phpunit-mysql.yml
+++ b/workflow-templates/phpunit-mysql.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ name: PHPUnit
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+      - 'appinfo/**'
+      - 'lib/**'
+      - 'templates/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'vendor/**'
+      - 'vendor-bin/**'
+      - '.php-cs-fixer.dist.php'
+      - 'composer.json'
+      - 'composer.lock'
+
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -70,7 +82,15 @@ jobs:
           extensions: mbstring, iconv, fileinfo, intl, mysql, pdo_mysql
           coverage: none
 
+      - name: Check composer file existence
+        id: check_composer
+        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}/composer.json
+
       - name: Set up PHPUnit
+        # Only run if phpunit config file exists
+        if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
         run: composer i
 
diff --git a/workflow-templates/phpunit-oci.yml b/workflow-templates/phpunit-oci.yml
index 1ff33883..88760439 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/phpunit-oci.yml
+++ b/workflow-templates/phpunit-oci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ name: PHPUnit
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+      - 'appinfo/**'
+      - 'lib/**'
+      - 'templates/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'vendor/**'
+      - 'vendor-bin/**'
+      - '.php-cs-fixer.dist.php'
+      - 'composer.json'
+      - 'composer.lock'
+
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -62,7 +74,15 @@ jobs:
           tools: phpunit
           coverage: none
 
+      - name: Check composer file existence
+        id: check_composer
+        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}/composer.json
+
       - name: Set up PHPUnit
+        # Only run if phpunit config file exists
+        if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
         run: composer i
 
diff --git a/workflow-templates/phpunit-pgsql.yml b/workflow-templates/phpunit-pgsql.yml
index 1596c11c..cb8a9f52 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/phpunit-pgsql.yml
+++ b/workflow-templates/phpunit-pgsql.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ name: PHPUnit
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+      - 'appinfo/**'
+      - 'lib/**'
+      - 'templates/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'vendor/**'
+      - 'vendor-bin/**'
+      - '.php-cs-fixer.dist.php'
+      - 'composer.json'
+      - 'composer.lock'
+
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -67,7 +79,15 @@ jobs:
           extensions: mbstring, iconv, fileinfo, intl, pgsql, pdo_pgsql
           coverage: none
 
+      - name: Check composer file existence
+        id: check_composer
+        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}/composer.json
+
       - name: Set up PHPUnit
+        # Only run if phpunit config file exists
+        if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
         run: composer i
 
diff --git a/workflow-templates/phpunit-sqlite.yml b/workflow-templates/phpunit-sqlite.yml
index 700b361e..0ca0a254 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/phpunit-sqlite.yml
+++ b/workflow-templates/phpunit-sqlite.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ name: PHPUnit
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+      - 'appinfo/**'
+      - 'lib/**'
+      - 'templates/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'vendor/**'
+      - 'vendor-bin/**'
+      - '.php-cs-fixer.dist.php'
+      - 'composer.json'
+      - 'composer.lock'
+
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -56,7 +68,15 @@ jobs:
           extensions: mbstring, iconv, fileinfo, intl, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
           coverage: none
 
+      - name: Check composer file existence
+        id: check_composer
+        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}/composer.json
+
       - name: Set up PHPUnit
+        # Only run if phpunit config file exists
+        if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
         run: composer i