diff --git a/.github/workflows/asan.yaml b/.github/workflows/asan.yaml
index 897c707fb992..a8c10bf15ed7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asan.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - '**/workflows/asan.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/asan.yaml'
 permissions: {}
 
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metal_plugin_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/metal_plugin_ci.yml
index 49b44a2a8d20..9f1301f262fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metal_plugin_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metal_plugin_ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - '**workflows/metal_plugin_ci.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/metal_plugin_ci.yml'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: jax
           persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Setup build and test enviroment
+      - name: Setup build and test environment
         run: |
           rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/jax-metal-venv
           python3 -m venv ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/jax-metal-venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tsan.yaml b/.github/workflows/tsan.yaml
index a2b1d1aad01e..f0972d815393 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tsan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tsan.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - '**/workflows/tsan.yaml'
-      - '**/workflows/tsan-suppressions*.txt'
+      - '.github/workflows/tsan.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/tsan-suppressions*.txt'
 permissions: {}
 
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream-nightly.yml
index fab908e048fd..5e6903ea0a06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-nightly.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - '**workflows/upstream-nightly.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/upstream-nightly.yml'
 permissions: {}
 
 env: