diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-render-deplyoment-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-render-deplyoment-image.yaml
index c4cc232bb..101e0437f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-render-deplyoment-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-render-deplyoment-image.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ name: Publish Docker image for Render.com deployments
 on:
   push:
     branches: ['render']
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'render.yaml'
+      - '*.md'
+      - 'cloud-deployments/*'
+      - 'images/*'
+      - '.vscode/*'
+
 
 jobs:
   push_to_registries: