diff --git a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-2-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-2-matrix.yml
index 38aaacec27a..9a69765657c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-2-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-2-matrix.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/sentry-android/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*android*/**'
+      - 'sentry-compose/**'
+      - 'sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-3-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-3-matrix.yml
index 629535e282d..c6a83c597fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-3-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-3-matrix.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/sentry-android/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*android*/**'
+      - 'sentry-compose/**'
+      - 'sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-4-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-4-matrix.yml
index bbd4f986d96..93d314de2e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spring-boot-4-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spring-boot-4-matrix.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/sentry-android/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*android*/**'
+      - 'sentry-compose/**'
+      - 'sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}