diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 0120e754..ad45e832 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,19 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/*.tf'
+      - 'example/**/*'
+      - '.github/**/*'
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches: [ master ]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.tf'
-      - 'example/*'
+      - 'example/**/*'
+      - '.github/**/*'
   schedule:
     - cron: '30 9 * * 6'
 
diff --git a/.github_changelog_generator b/.github_changelog_generator
index e361e4d5..27c869fb 100644
--- a/.github_changelog_generator
+++ b/.github_changelog_generator
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 since_tag=v0.4.4
-exclude-labels='duplicate,question,invalid,wontfix,dependencies'
+exclude-labels=duplicate,question,invalid,wontfix,dependencies
 pr-wo-labels=false