diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 0cfd15957..f760dfcb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "**.go"
+    branches:
+      - master
   push:
-    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches:
-      - main
-      - release/**
-    paths:
-      - "**.go"
+      - master
 
 jobs:
   analyze:
@@ -40,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
         run: make build
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
\ No newline at end of file
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2