diff --git a/.github/workflows/applications.yml b/.github/workflows/applications.yml
index 94e56e192..7ba52e6a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/applications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/applications.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ name: Build and publish application binaries
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
+    paths:
+    - '**'
+    - '!.github/**'
+    - '.github/workflows/applications.yml'
+    
   pull_request_target:
     types: [ opened ]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index 7ffe4e2b2..f32477786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -3,23 +3,25 @@ name: Build and cache with Nix
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    paths-ignore:
-    - '.github/**'
-
+    paths:
+    - '**'
+    - '!.github/**'
+    - '.github/workflows/nix.yml'
 
 jobs:
   build-and-cache:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 740
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, mac-m1]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, macos-m1]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Set up Nix with caching
-      uses: kadena-io/setup-nix-with-cache@v2
+      uses: kadena-io/setup-nix-with-cache/by-root@v3
       with:
         cache_url: s3://nixcache.chainweb.com?region=us-east-1
         signing_private_key: ${{ secrets.NIX_CACHE_PRIVATE_KEY }}
@@ -31,8 +33,10 @@ jobs:
         aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.NIX_CACHE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
         aws-region: us-east-1
 
+    - name: Give root user AWS credentials
+      uses: kadena-io/setup-nix-with-cache/copy-root-aws-credentials@v3
+      
     - name: Build and cache artifacts
-      timeout-minutes: 740
       run: |
         echo Building the project and its devShell
         nix build .#check --log-lines 500 --show-trace