diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpu-inference.yml b/.github/workflows/cpu-inference.yml
index a2ca41f4aa3a..e6edb425e407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpu-inference.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpu-inference.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ name: cpu-inference
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'blogs/**'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/cpu-inference.yml'
+      - 'requirements/**'
+      - 'deepspeed/__init__.py'
+      - 'deepspeed/inference/**'
+      - '!deepspeed/inference/v2/**' # exclude v2 dir
+      - 'tests/unit/inference/**'
+      - '!tests/unit/inference/v2/**' # exclude v2 tests dir
   workflow_dispatch:
   merge_group:
     branches: [ master ]
-
+  schedule:
+        - cron: "0 0 * * 0"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nv-inference.yml b/.github/workflows/nv-inference.yml
index 156fa0228d0b..37c8be32ee54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nv-inference.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nv-inference.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ name: nv-inference
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'blogs/**'
-      - 'deepspeed/inference/v2/**'
-      - 'tests/unit/inference/v2/**'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/nv-inference.yml'
+      - 'requirements/**'
+      - 'deepspeed/__init__.py'
+      - 'deepspeed/inference/**'
+      - '!deepspeed/inference/v2/**' # exclude v2 dir
+      - 'tests/unit/inference/**'
+      - '!tests/unit/inference/v2/**' # exclude v2 tests dir
   merge_group:
     branches: [ master ]
   schedule: