diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 6d2162f022..4fd69d610e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      # Run only when relevant files are modified
+      - "trl/**.py"
+      - "examples/**.py"
+      - "scripts/**.py"
+      - ".github/**.yml"
+      - "tests/**.py"
 
 jobs:
   check_code_quality:
@@ -72,4 +79,4 @@ jobs:
         pip install .[test]
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        make test
\ No newline at end of file
+        make test