diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-containers-igc-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/sycl-containers-igc-dev.yaml
index 76a9b4e544f4a..0f35ea8015fbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-containers-igc-dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-containers-igc-dev.yaml
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'devops/actions/build_container/**'
       - 'devops/scripts/**'
+      - '!devops/scripts/benchmarks/**'
       - 'devops/dependencies-igc-dev.json'
       - '.github/workflows/sycl-containers-igc-dev.yaml'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'devops/actions/build_container/**'
       - 'devops/scripts/**'
+      - '!devops/scripts/benchmarks/**'
       - 'devops/dependencies-igc-dev.json'
       - '.github/workflows/sycl-containers-igc-dev.yaml'