diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml
index 19c1204e6d..d16ed0340b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]
       - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '!docs/**'
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch: