diff --git a/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml b/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
index 8c0a47ac5..f529faeae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ jobs:
           # include templates in the matrix only if modified
           for template in ${template_files}; do
               if ! git diff --name-only '${{ github.base_ref }}' \
-                | grep -Eq "^${template}$|^.github/workflows/"; then
+                | grep -Eq "^${template}$"; then
                   unmodified_stack="$(echo "${stacks}" \
                     | jq -r --arg tmpl "${template}" 'select(.template==$tmpl).name')"
                   stack_names="$(echo "${stack_names}" \
diff --git a/flowzone.yml b/flowzone.yml
index 42d45a53a..f4e36e4dd 100644
--- a/flowzone.yml
+++ b/flowzone.yml
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ jobs:
           # include templates in the matrix only if modified
           for template in ${template_files}; do
               if ! git diff --name-only '${{ github.base_ref }}' \
-                | grep -Eq "^${template}$|^.github/workflows/"; then
+                | grep -Eq "^${template}$"; then
                   unmodified_stack="$(echo "${stacks}" \
                     | jq -r --arg tmpl "${template}" 'select(.template==$tmpl).name')"
                   stack_names="$(echo "${stack_names}" \