diff --git a/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml
index 67965e3fe..74762a5dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: instrumented tests
 
-on: [ push ]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 00cb2492f..d5cc9961c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: build
 
-on: [ push ]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}