diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b14d14333d..a495fed7cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 name: Lint
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "**/*.py"
   push:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - "**/*.py"
+      - "**.py"
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "**.py"
 
 jobs:
   lint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook-testing.yml
index 05202fd45b..4ac4b0844b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook-testing.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@ name: CI for Jupyter Notebooks
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "**.py"
+      - "**.ipynb"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - ".github/workflows/notebook-testing.yml"
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "**.py"
+      - "**.ipynb"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - ".github/workflows/notebook-testing.yml"
 
 jobs:
   test-notebooks:
@@ -14,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
index f6f07d8af6..751cf4db1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@ name: Python Testing
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "**.py"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - ".github/workflows/python-testing.yml"
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "**.py"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - ".github/workflows/python-testing.yml"
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -30,10 +38,10 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}