diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_please.yaml
index a3f2fa6f6..92b94b973 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_please.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
+      - "**"
       - "!.github/workflows/site.yaml"
       - "!site/**"
 
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
           manifest-file: ".release-please-manifest.json"
-          config-file: ".release-please-config.json"
\ No newline at end of file
+          config-file: ".release-please-config.json"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/very_good_cli.yaml b/.github/workflows/very_good_cli.yaml
index cf16acf61..bb9325359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/very_good_cli.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/very_good_cli.yaml
@@ -2,21 +2,11 @@ name: very_good_cli
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/very_good_cli.yaml"
-      - "lib/**"
-      - "test/**"
-      - "pubspec.yaml"
-      - ".release-please-config.json"
+    branches:
+      - main
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/very_good_cli.yaml"
-      - "lib/**"
-      - "test/**"
-      - "pubspec.yaml"
-      - ".release-please-config.json"
 
 jobs:
   build: