diff --git a/.github/file-filter.yml b/.github/file-filter.yml
index 732f705e07..6c8fb7216b 100644
--- a/.github/file-filter.yml
+++ b/.github/file-filter.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ scripts: &scripts
   - 'toolchain/bootstrap/**'
 
 yml: &yml
-  - '**/*.yml'
+  - '.github/workflows/phoenix/**'
+  - '.github/workflows/frontier/**'
+  - '.github/workflows/bench.yml'
+  - '.github/workflows/test.yml'
+  - '.github/workflows/formatting.yml'
 
 checkall: &checkall
   - *fortran_src
@@ -30,4 +34,4 @@ checkall: &checkall
   - *cmakelist
   - *tests
   - *scripts
-  - *yml
\ No newline at end of file
+  - *yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index be72f81a98..a22901e632 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ jobs:
 
   self:
     name: Georgia Tech | Phoenix (NVHPC)
-    if: github.repository == 'MFlowCode/MFC'
+    if: github.repository == 'MFlowCode/MFC' && needs.file-changes.outputs.checkall == 'true'
+    needs: file-changes
     strategy:
       matrix:
         device: ['cpu', 'gpu']