diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 3a574462..ba5985dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ name: Multi-platform Python/C++ build/test
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+       - '.github/workflows/publish*.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+       - '.github/workflows/publish*.yml'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.event.number || github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}