diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-sakura.yml b/.github/workflows/build-sakura.yml
index bac6d4d0e1..015fc81aef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-sakura.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-sakura.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ on:
       - master
       - feature/*
     paths-ignore:
-      - '*.md'
+      - '**/*.md'
       - .gitignore
       - .editorconfig
       - appveyor.yml
       - 'azure-pipelines*.yml'
       - 'ci/azure-pipelines/template*.yml'
-      - '.github/*.md'
-      - '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md'
 
   pull_request:
     branches:
@@ -23,14 +21,12 @@ on:
       - feature/*
       - release/*
     paths-ignore:
-      - '*.md'
+      - '**/*.md'
       - .gitignore
       - .editorconfig
       - appveyor.yml
       - 'azure-pipelines*.yml'
       - 'ci/azure-pipelines/template*.yml'
-      - '.github/*.md'
-      - '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md'
 
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6bfae36795..f523b8e2f4 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ clone_depth: 5
 # see "Skip commits" at https://www.appveyor.com/docs/how-to/filtering-commits/#commit-files-github-and-bitbucket-only
 skip_commits:
   files:
-    - '*.md'
+    - '**/*.md'
     - .gitignore
     - .editorconfig
     - 'azure-pipelines*.yml'
     - 'ci/azure-pipelines/template*.yml'
-    - '.github/*.md'
-    - '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md'
     - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
 
 install:
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 36b7104de1..00bfdfd214 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ trigger:
       - revert-*
   paths:
     exclude:
-      - "*.md"
-      - .github/*.md
-      - .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
+      - '**/*.md'
       - .github/workflows/*.yml
       - .gitignore
       - .travis.yml
@@ -34,9 +32,7 @@ pr:
       - revert-*
   paths:
     exclude:
-      - "*.md"
-      - .github/*.md
-      - .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
+      - '**/*.md'
       - .gitignore
       - .travis.yml
       - appveyor.yml