diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images-base.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-images-base.yaml
index 180dea1e046a8..d40e7ab0fab47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images-base.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images-base.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ on:
     paths:
       - images/runtime/**
       - images/builder/**
+      - images/builder/install-protoc.sh
+      - images/builder/install-protoplugins.sh
+
   # This workflow can be reused so that renovate can execute this workflow_dispatch:
   # run from a different environment than 'release-base-images'. See
   # build-images-base-renovate.yaml