diff --git a/.github/workflows/inverse-ani.yml b/.github/workflows/inverse-ani.yml
index c19f9cd2a..75bb5076a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/inverse-ani.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/inverse-ani.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: 'ani-cli checks'
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
-      - "**ani-cli"
+      - "/ani-cli"
 jobs:
   sh-checker:
     name: Shellcheck + Shfmt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
index 0dce9c044..5bdb93046 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: 'ani-cli checks'
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths: 
-      - "**ani-cli"
+      - "/ani-cli"
       
 jobs:
   version-bump: