diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5002ae9d..9aa826ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 name: CI
 
+# tests.yml workflow will run for all changes except:
+# any file or directory under web/ or doc/
+# any Markdown (.md) file anywhere in the repository
+
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'web/**'
+      - 'doc/**'
+      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'web/**'
+      - 'doc/**'
+      - '**.md'
 
 permissions: read-all
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09143cab..029f1b85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 ### Development
 - CI: use macos-12 since macos-11 is deprecated and will be removed on June 28th, 2024 #2173 @mr-tz
 - CI: update Binary Ninja version to 4.1 and use Python 3.9 to test it #2211 @xusheng6
+- CI: update tests.yml workflow to exclude web and documentation files #2263 @s-ff
 
 ### Raw diffs
 - [capa v7.1.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.1.0...master)