diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ea743c9..7c382bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: CI
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
       - 'extra/**'
       - 'capture/**'
       - 'ansible/**'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deps_security.yml b/.github/workflows/deps_security.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8b346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deps_security.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Dependency Security & Compatibility Test
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'requirements.txt'
+      - '**.py'
+
+jobs:
+  test-deps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run pip-audit to report vulnerabilities
+        run: |
+          pip install pip-audit
+          pip-audit || true  
+
+      - name: Deploy cxp
+        run: |
+          bash ./start.sh &
+          sleep 5
+
+      - name: Run Application Health Check
+        run: |
+          bash ./scripts/healthcheck-ci.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index f96f5c5..396bca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ on:
       
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
       - 'extra/**'
       - 'capture/**'
       - 'ansible/**'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 84de602..2b1ac48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
         - 'scripts/**'
         - '.gitignore'
         - 'LICENSE'
+        - '.github/workflows/**'
       branches:
         - master