diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-geth-s3.yml.DEPRECATED b/.github/workflows/ci-geth-s3.yml.DEPRECATED
deleted file mode 100644
index 87db55f15..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-geth-s3.yml.DEPRECATED
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and Upload geth Binary
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-permissions:
-  id-token: write
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-  actions: write
-
-env:
-  NUM_INTERNAL_BINARIES_TO_KEEP: 50
-  NUM_PUBLIC_BINARIES_TO_KEEP: 400
-
-jobs:
-  # Add timestamp
-  Timestamp:
-    uses: storyprotocol/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/reusable-timestamp.yml@main
-
-  # Build and upload the geth binary
-  build_and_push:
-    needs: Timestamp
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        platform: [linux-386, linux-amd64, linux-arm, linux-arm64, darwin-amd64, darwin-arm64, windows-amd64, windows-386]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.5
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::478656756051:role/iac-max-role
-          aws-region: us-west-1
-          role-session-name: github-actions
-
-      - name: Extract the version
-        run: |
-          PARAMS_FILE="./params/version.go"
-          VERSION_MAJOR=$(awk -F= '/VersionMajor/ {gsub(/[^0-9]/, "", $2); printf "%s", $2}' $PARAMS_FILE)
-          VERSION_MINOR=$(awk -F= '/VersionMinor/ {gsub(/[^0-9]/, "", $2); printf "%s", $2}' $PARAMS_FILE)
-          VERSION_PATCH=$(awk -F= '/VersionPatch/ {gsub(/[^0-9]/, "", $2); printf "%s", $2}' $PARAMS_FILE)
-          VERSION_META=$(awk -F\" '/VersionMeta/ {print $2; exit}' $PARAMS_FILE)
-
-          # Construct the full version string
-          VERSION="$VERSION_MAJOR.$VERSION_MINOR.$VERSION_PATCH"
-          if [ "$VERSION_META" != "stable" ]; then
-            VERSION+="-${VERSION_META}"
-          fi
-
-          echo "Version extracted: $VERSION"
-          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Build the geth binary
-        run: |
-          IFS="-" read -r GOOS GOARCH <<< "${{ matrix.platform }}"
-          output_name=./build/bin/geth
-          if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then
-            output_name+='.exe'
-          fi
-
-          echo "Building for $GOOS/$GOARCH..."
-          env GOOS=$GOOS GOARCH=$GOARCH go build -o $output_name ./cmd/geth
-
-          if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "Build failed!"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if [ ! -f "$output_name" ]; then
-            echo "Geth binary not found!"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          chmod +x "$output_name"
-
-      - name: Upload the geth binary to S3
-        run: |
-          export TZ=America/Los_Angeles
-          IFS="-" read -r GOOS GOARCH <<< "${{ matrix.platform }}"
-          TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-          HUMAN_READABLE_VERSION=$(date)
-          COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-          FOLDER_NAME="geth-${{ matrix.platform }}-${VERSION}-${COMMIT_HASH}"
-          ARCHIVE_NAME="${FOLDER_NAME}.tar.gz"
-
-          binary_name=./build/bin/geth
-          if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then
-            binary_name+='.exe'
-          fi
-
-          # For linux amd64 upload the binary for internal testing
-          if [ "${{ matrix.platform }}" = "linux-amd64" ]; then
-
-            echo "Uploading binary for internal use..."
-            aws s3 cp $binary_name s3://iliad-geth-binaries/geth/geth-$TIMESTAMP --quiet
-
-            # Update manifest file for linux-amd64 builds only
-            aws s3 cp s3://iliad-geth-binaries/geth/manifest.txt manifest.txt --quiet || touch manifest.txt
-            echo "$TIMESTAMP" >> manifest.txt
-            aws s3 cp manifest.txt s3://iliad-geth-binaries/geth/manifest.txt --quiet
-          fi
-
-          mkdir $FOLDER_NAME
-          mv $binary_name $FOLDER_NAME/
-
-          echo "Archiving the geth binary..."
-          tar -czvf $ARCHIVE_NAME $FOLDER_NAME
-
-          if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "Failed to create the archive: $ARCHIVE_NAME"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          echo "Uploading $ARCHIVE_NAME to S3..."
-          aws s3 cp $ARCHIVE_NAME s3://iliad-geth-binaries/geth-public/$ARCHIVE_NAME --quiet
-
-          if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "Failed to upload $ARCHIVE_NAME to S3!"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-  cleanup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build_and_push
-    steps:
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::478656756051:role/iac-max-role
-          aws-region: us-west-1
-          role-session-name: github-actions
-
-      - name: Cleanup old binaries
-        run: |
-          cleanup_s3() {
-            PREFIX=$1
-            KEEP=$2
-
-            echo "Cleaning up in bucket iliad-geth-binaries with prefix: $PREFIX, keeping latest $KEEP binaries"
-
-            aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket iliad-geth-binaries --prefix $PREFIX --query "sort_by(Contents,&LastModified)[*].Key" > all_binaries.json
-
-            # Extract the list of keys, remove the latest $KEEP binaries
-            BINARIES_TO_DELETE=$(jq -r ".[0:-${KEEP}][]" all_binaries.json)
-
-            if [ -n "$BINARIES_TO_DELETE" ]; then
-              # Delete old binaries
-              for key in $BINARIES_TO_DELETE; do
-                aws s3 rm s3://iliad-geth-binaries/$key --quiet
-              done
-              echo "Deleted old binaries: $BINARIES_TO_DELETE"
-            else
-              echo "No old binaries to delete."
-            fi
-          }
-
-          # Cleanup internal geth binaries
-          cleanup_s3 "geth/" "${NUM_INTERNAL_BINARIES_TO_KEEP}"
-
-          # Cleanup public geth binaries
-          cleanup_s3  "geth-public/" "${NUM_PUBLIC_BINARIES_TO_KEEP}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-s3.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-s3.yml
index 35c414edb..f74d0e93d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-s3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-s3.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 3303c3748..fb88f475c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ name: Go tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs: