diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.skip.yml b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.skip.yml
index 3a47870b533..40ccb0ae9bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.skip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.skip.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - '**/README.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      # only top level for these, because various test packages have them too
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -26,6 +31,10 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - '**/README.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
   release:
     types:
       - created
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
index 956fc7ce570..d85b2ae4f12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - '**/README.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      # only top level for these, because various test packages have them too
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -21,6 +26,10 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - '**/README.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
   release:
     types:
       - created
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-sdist.yml b/.github/workflows/check-sdist.yml
index d295ad0ccca..3b891465ecc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-sdist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-sdist.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "**/README.md"
       - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      # only top level for these, because various test packages have them too
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -18,6 +23,10 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "**/README.md"
       - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
   release:
     types:
       - created
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.skip.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.skip.yml
index af608e92d49..f4aa50ae191 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.skip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.skip.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - '**/README.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      # only top level for these, because various test packages have them too
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -26,6 +31,10 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - '**/README.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
   release:
     types:
       - created
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index eb48485d001..b8c1b8a9047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "**/README.md"
       - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      # only top level for these, because various test packages have them too
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -21,6 +26,10 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "**/README.md"
       - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
   release:
     types:
       - created