diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index b54abf1..9f4b66f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,70 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches: [ dev, master ]
+    branches:
+      - 'dev'
+      - 'main'
+      - 'master'
+      - 'dependabot/**'
+      - 'feature/**'
+      - 'issue/**'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - .github/**
+      - deploy/**
+      - docker/**
+      - docker-test/**
+      - docs/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/static/assets/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/static/custom/css/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/static/img/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/swagger-spec.yaml
+      - .dockerignore
+      - .gitattributes
+      - .gitignore
+      - .lgtm.yml
+      - .whitesource
+      - .yarnrc
+      - docker-compose.yml
+      - docker-compose-test.yml
+      - LICENSE
+      - package.json
+      - README.md
+      - requirements.txt
+      - SECURITY.md
+      - yarn.lock
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: [ dev, master ]
+    branches:
+      - 'dev'
+      - 'main'
+      - 'master'
+      - 'dependabot/**'
+      - 'feature/**'
+      - 'issue/**'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - .github/**
+      - deploy/**
+      - docker/**
+      - docker-test/**
+      - docs/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/static/assets/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/static/custom/css/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/static/img/**
+      - powerdnsadmin/swagger-spec.yaml
+      - .dockerignore
+      - .gitattributes
+      - .gitignore
+      - .lgtm.yml
+      - .whitesource
+      - .yarnrc
+      - docker-compose.yml
+      - docker-compose-test.yml
+      - LICENSE
+      - package.json
+      - README.md
+      - requirements.txt
+      - SECURITY.md
+      - yarn.lock
   schedule:
     - cron: '45 2 * * 2'