diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
index 97083b6f5a5df..ce50e46974452 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
     branches: ["main"]
     paths:
       - kubernetes/**
+    paths-ignore:
+      - kubernetes/bootstrap/**
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.number || github.ref }}