diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 691850abb..f595f9ac1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name: build
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'web/**'
+      - 'doc/**'
+      - '**.md'
   release:
     types: [edited, published]
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 029f1b85d..607c2d63a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - 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
+- CI: update build.yml workflow to exclude web and documentation files #2270 @s-ff
 
 ### Raw diffs
 - [capa v7.1.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.1.0...master)