diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 8b72690a..eebdfd1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'ks_includes/locales/**'
   pull_request:
-    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'ks_includes/locales/**'
   schedule:
     - cron: '32 21 * * 5'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_code.yml b/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
index f7e94dc0..97c31300 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 name: test-code
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'ks_includes/locales/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'ks_includes/locales/**'
 jobs:
   lint-python-code:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest