diff --git a/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-pull-request.yaml
index 40457e4e8b..6a2a992c4c 100644
--- a/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-pull-request.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ metadata:
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/pull_request_number: '{{pull_request_number}}'
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/target_branch: '{{target_branch}}'
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/max-keep-runs: "3"
-    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: event == "pull_request" && target_branch
-      == "main"
+    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: |
+      event == "pull_request"
+      && target_branch == "main"
+      && ( "control-plane-operator/***".pathChanged() || "support/***".pathChanged() || "/Containerfile.control-plane-operator".pathChanged() )
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     appstudio.openshift.io/application: control-plane-operator
diff --git a/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-push.yaml b/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-push.yaml
index a7285c7a18..b36e6a35c9 100644
--- a/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-push.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/control-plane-operator-main-push.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ metadata:
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/commit_sha: '{{revision}}'
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/target_branch: '{{target_branch}}'
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/max-keep-runs: "3"
-    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: event == "push" && target_branch
-      == "main"
+    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/on-cel-expression: |
+      event == "push"
+      && target_branch == "main"
+      && ( "control-plane-operator/***".pathChanged() || "support/***".pathChanged() || "/Containerfile.control-plane-operator".pathChanged() )
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     appstudio.openshift.io/application: control-plane-operator