diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 389eee3f..40e47183 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.9
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.10
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_integration_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/_integration_tests.yml
index 5b6813b9..9150d1b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_integration_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_integration_tests.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ name: integration-tests
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - "**.py"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
 
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - "**.py"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/_tests.yml
index 62e42844..86a1bbdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_tests.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ name: unit-tests
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - "**.py"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
 
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - "**.py"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_code_quality.yml b/.github/workflows/check_code_quality.yml
index 84ccb06c..3c4d462f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_code_quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_code_quality.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@ name: pre-commit
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - "**.py"
 
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - "**.py"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}