diff --git a/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml
index 59041afe..050869a0 100644
--- a/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/exhort-pull-request.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ metadata:
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/target_branch: '{{target_branch}}'
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/max-keep-runs: "3"
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-event: '[pull_request]'
-    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-target-branch: '[stable]'
+    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: |
+      event == "pull_request" && target_branch == "stable" && !("dashboard/*".pathChanged() || "deploy/*".pathChanged())
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     appstudio.openshift.io/application: exhort-alpha
diff --git a/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml b/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml
index 267fde96..90ffc775 100644
--- a/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/exhort-push.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ metadata:
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/target_branch: '{{target_branch}}'
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/max-keep-runs: "3"
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-event: '[push]'
-    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-target-branch: '[stable]'
+    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: |
+      event == "push" && target_branch == "stable" && !("dashboard/*".pathChanged() || "deploy/*".pathChanged())
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     appstudio.openshift.io/application: exhort-alpha