diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
index 319c3dc86b2..6c73b8fbb2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -216,7 +216,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+    - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+      id: filter
+      with:
+        filters: |
+          deps:
+            - 'go.mod'
+            - 'go.sum'
+
     - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in repo mode
+      if: steps.filter.outputs.deps == 'true'
       uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.6.1
       with:
         scan-type: 'fs'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7207f3f6138..0e7c186c6c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,27 +37,27 @@ To learn more about our roadmap, we recommend reading [this document](ROADMAP.md
 
 ### New
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/XXX))
 
 ### Improvements
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/XXX))
 
 ### Fixes
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/XXX))
 
 ### Deprecations
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/XXX))
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/XXX))
 
 ### Other
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- **General:** Execute trivy scan (on PRs) only if there are changes in deps ([#3540](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3540))
 
 ## v2.8.0
 
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ To learn more about our roadmap, we recommend reading [this document](ROADMAP.md
 - **General:** Add settings for configuring leader election ([#2836](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2836))
 - **General:** `external` extension reduces connection establishment with long links ([#3193](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3193))
 - **General:** Reference ScaledObject's/ScaledJob's name in the scalers log ([3419](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3419))
-- **General:** Use `mili` scale for the returned metrics ([#3135](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/3135))
-- **General:** Use more readable timestamps in KEDA Operator logs ([#3066](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/3066))
+- **General:** Use `mili` scale for the returned metrics ([#3135](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3135))
+- **General:** Use more readable timestamps in KEDA Operator logs ([#3066](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3066))
 - **Kafka Scaler:** Handle Sarama errors properly ([#3056](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3056))
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ To learn more about our roadmap, we recommend reading [this document](ROADMAP.md
 - **General:** Provide patch for CVE-2022-27191 vulnerability ([#3378](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3378))
 - **General:** Refactor adapter startup to ensure proper log initilization. ([2316](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2316))
 - **General:** Scaleobject ready condition 'False/Unknow' to 'True' requeue ([#3096](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3096))
-- **General:** Use `go install` in the Makefile for downloading dependencies ([#2916](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/2916))
-- **General:** Use metricName from GetMetricsSpec in ScaledJobs instead of `queueLength` ([#3032](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/3032))
+- **General:** Use `go install` in the Makefile for downloading dependencies ([#2916](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2916))
+- **General:** Use metricName from GetMetricsSpec in ScaledJobs instead of `queueLength` ([#3032](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3032))
 - **ActiveMQ Scaler:** KEDA doesn't respect restAPITemplate ([#3188](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3188))
 - **Azure Eventhub Scaler:** KEDA operator crashes on nil memory panic if the eventhub connectionstring for Azure Eventhub Scaler contains an invalid character ([#3082](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3082))
 - **Azure Pipelines Scaler:** Fix issue with Azure Pipelines wrong PAT Auth. ([#3159](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3159))
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ None.
 
 ### Other
 
-- **General**: Fix CVE-2022-21221 in `github.com/valyala/fasthttp` ([#2775](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/2775))
+- **General**: Fix CVE-2022-21221 in `github.com/valyala/fasthttp` ([#2775](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2775))
 - **General**: Bump Golang to 1.17.9 ([#3016](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3016))
 - **General**: Fix autoscaling behaviour while paused. ([#3009](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3009))
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-PROCESS.md b/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
index 64a1cfed1c5..2c4713c44f7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
+++ b/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Here are the new deprecation(s) as of this release:
 Learn how to deploy KEDA by reading [our documentation](https://keda.sh/docs/INSERT-CORRECT-VERSION/deploy/).
 
 🗓️ The next KEDA release is currently being estimated for <date>, learn more in our [roadmap](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/blob/main/ROADMAP.md#upcoming-release-cycles).
-  
+
 ### New
 
 - <list items>