diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 85e61ed..d92eb48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ name: Generate Code Coverage report and upload to codecov.io
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: main
+    paths:
+      - "pysyncon/**"
+      - "tests/**"
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: main
+    paths:
+      - "pysyncon/**"
+      - "tests/**"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 90186ce..97bf8a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ name: Lint codebase using Black
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: main
+    paths:
+      - "pysyncon/**"
+      - "tests/**"
+      - "examples/**"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index be0f741..01491f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ name: Build html using Sphinx and upload to Github-pages
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: main
+    paths:
+      - "pysyncon/**"
+      - "doc/**"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   pages:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8f1f074..5cbf745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ name: Run unittests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: main
+    paths:
+      - "pysyncon/**"
+      - "tests/**"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         buildplat: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019]
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.buildplat }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout