diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_yamllint.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_yamllint.yml
index 5fc6c6d..5928023 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_yamllint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_yamllint.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 ---
-name: Validate YAML
+name: Validate YAML (secondary files)
 
 # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.yml'
+      - '**/*.yaml'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "nspanel_esphome*.yaml"
+      - "advanced/esphome/nspanel_esphome*.yaml"
+      - "nspanel_blueprint.yaml"
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.yml'
+      - '**/*.yaml'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "nspanel_esphome*.yaml"
+      - "advanced/esphome/nspanel_esphome*.yaml"
+      - "nspanel_blueprint.yaml"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs: