diff --git a/.github/workflows/ani-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/ani-cli.yml
index 387313e4f..fb9694b6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ani-cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ani-cli.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ on:
       - master
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - "**ani-cli"
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "_ani-cli-bash"
-      - "_ani-cli-zsh"
+      - "/ani-cli"
 
 jobs:
   sh-checker:
@@ -21,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       env:
         SHELLCHECK_OPTS: -s sh -o all -e 2250
         SHFMT_OPTS: -i 4 -ci -d
+      with:
+        sh_checker_exclude: "_ani-cli-bash _ani-cli-zsh"
       
   check-exec:
     name: Executable Bit
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: