diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0547fe0e9b8371845c64dec2e0c450c052635cb1..e316f1593621eef4582e536367b4da1689caa357 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ stages:
    
 build-and-push-job:
   stage: build-and-push
+  except:
+    changes:
+      - "**/*.yaml"
+      - "README.md"
   script:
     - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"username\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
     - /kaniko/executor --context $CI_PROJECT_DIR --dockerfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/Dockerfile --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
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