diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
index 1fcfda5..c5066e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - id: skip_check
         uses: fkirc/skip-duplicate-actions@master
+        with:
+          paths_ignore: '["**/README.md"]'
 
   # taken from example on julia-actions/runtest@v1
   test:
+    needs: pre_job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre_job.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         julia-num-threads: [1,2,4,8]