diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cf80e4aa30..be5ced3110 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,51 @@ env:
   GHA_CACHE_KEY_VERSION: "v1"
 
 jobs:
+  check_version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Check Version
+      run: |
+        make check-version
+
+  changelog:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    # need to checkout otherwise paths-filter will fail on merge-queue trigger 
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
+      uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+      id: changes
+      with:
+        filters: |
+          src:
+            - 'unstructured/**'
+    - if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
+      uses: dangoslen/changelog-enforcer@v3
+
+  skip_conditions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      no_code_changes: ${{ steps.version_only_change.outputs.should_skip }}
+    steps:
+    - id: version_only_change
+      uses: fkirc/skip-duplicate-actions@v5
+      with:
+        paths_ignore: '["unstructured/__version__.py", "CHANGELOG.md"]'
+
+  shellcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: skip_conditions
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: ShellCheck
+        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
+
   setup:
+    needs: skip_conditions
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8","3.9","3.10","3.11"]
@@ -39,12 +83,13 @@ jobs:
         [ ! -d "$NLTK_DATA" ] && mkdir "$NLTK_DATA"
         make install-ci
 
-  check-deps:
+  check_deps:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8","3.9","3.10","3.11"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: setup
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -69,12 +114,24 @@ jobs:
         source .venv/bin/activate
         make check-deps
 
+  check_deps_result: # report the final result of the check_deps job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - check_deps
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.check_deps.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
+
   lint:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8","3.9","3.10","3.11"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: setup
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -97,14 +154,19 @@ jobs:
     - name: Lint
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
-        make check
+        make check-src
+        make check-tests 
 
-  shellcheck:
+  lint_result: # report the final result of the lint job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - lint
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: ShellCheck
-        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.lint.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
 
   test_unit:
     strategy:
@@ -113,7 +175,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       NLTK_DATA: ${{ github.workspace }}/nltk_data
-    needs: [setup, lint]
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions, lint]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -150,6 +213,17 @@ jobs:
         make test CI=true UNSTRUCTURED_INCLUDE_DEBUG_METADATA=true
         make check-coverage
 
+  test_unit_result: # report the final result of the test_unit job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - test_unit
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.test_unit.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
+
   test_unit_no_extras:
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -157,7 +231,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       NLTK_DATA: ${{ github.workspace }}/nltk_data
-    needs: [setup, lint]
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions, lint]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -185,6 +260,17 @@ jobs:
         source .venv-base/bin/activate
         make test-no-extras CI=true
 
+  test_unit_no_extras_result: # report the final result of the test_unit_no_extras job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - test_unit_no_extras
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.test_unit_no_extras.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
+
   test_unit_dependency_extras:
     # NOTE(newelh) - Split extras into separate steps in the same pipeline (avoid using matrix)
     strategy:
@@ -194,7 +280,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       NLTK_DATA: ${{ github.workspace }}/nltk_data
-    needs: [setup, lint, test_unit_no_extras]
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions, lint, test_unit_no_extras]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -227,6 +314,17 @@ jobs:
         tesseract --version
         make test-extra-${{ matrix.extra }} CI=true
 
+  test_unit_dependency_extras_result: # report the final result of the test_unit_dependency_extras job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - test_unit_dependency_extras
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.test_unit_dependency_extras.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
+
   test_ingest:
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -234,7 +332,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-m
     env:
       NLTK_DATA: ${{ github.workspace }}/nltk_data
-    needs: [setup, lint]
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions, lint]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -329,6 +428,17 @@ jobs:
         make install-ingest-delta-table
         ./test_unstructured_ingest/test-ingest.sh
 
+  test_ingest_result: # report the final result of the test_ingest job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - test_ingest
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.test_ingest.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
+
   test_unstructured_api_unit:
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -337,7 +447,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       NLTK_DATA: ${{ github.workspace }}/nltk_data
-    needs: [setup, lint]
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions, lint]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -378,27 +489,23 @@ jobs:
         make install-nltk-models
         make test-unstructured-api-unit
 
-  changelog:
+  test_unstructured_api_unit_result: # report the final result of the test_unstructured_api_unit job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - test_unstructured_api_unit
     steps:
-    # need to checkout otherwise paths-filter will fail on merge-queue trigger 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
-      uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
-      id: changes
-      with:
-        filters: |
-          src:
-            - 'unstructured/**'
-
-    - if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
-      uses: dangoslen/changelog-enforcer@v3
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.test_unstructured_api_unit.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
 
   # TODO - figure out best practice for caching docker images
   # (Using the virtualenv to get pytest)
   test_dockerfile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ setup, lint ]
+    needs: [setup, skip_conditions, lint]
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -422,3 +529,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "UNS_API_KEY=${{ secrets.UNS_API_KEY }}" > uns_test_env_file
           make docker-build
           make docker-test CI=true UNSTRUCTURED_INCLUDE_DEBUG_METADATA=true
+
+  test_dockerfile_result: # report the final result of the test_dockerfile job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - skip_conditions
+      - test_dockerfile
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark result as failed
+        if: needs.test_dockerfile.result != 'success'
+        run: exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 917c194ce0..5c56172723 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,21 @@ on:
     - cron: '21 21 * * 5'
 
 jobs:
+  skip_conditions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      no_code_changes: ${{ steps.version_only_change.outputs.should_skip }}
+    steps:
+    - id: version_only_change
+      uses: fkirc/skip-duplicate-actions@v5
+      with:
+        paths_ignore: '["unstructured/__version__.py", "CHANGELOG.md"]'
+        
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: skip_conditions
+    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false'
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read