diff --git a/.github/workflows/bloom.yml b/.github/workflows/bloom.yml
index 065eb640..02b125f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bloom.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bloom.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: bloom
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
 
 jobs:
   build_linux:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml
index 65a8ffb0..1252b612 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ name: CMake
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-ubuntu.yml
index 6edd7c59..35335d8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-ubuntu.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ name: CMake (Ubuntu)
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/colcon-workspace.yml b/.github/workflows/colcon-workspace.yml
index 38ab17f0..64358d96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/colcon-workspace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/colcon-workspace.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: colcon workspace
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
 
 jobs:
   # build on Ubuntu docker images
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-compilation.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-compilation.yml
index 0a8edc31..44ee02b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-compilation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-compilation.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ name: Cross compilation
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "master" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/industrial_ci_action.yml b/.github/workflows/industrial_ci_action.yml
index d2aa590c..c235e83b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/industrial_ci_action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/industrial_ci_action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 name: ROS-CI
 
 # This determines when this workflow is run
-on: [push, pull_request] # on all pushes and PRs
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
 
 jobs:
   CI: