diff --git a/.github/workflows/example-previews.yml b/.github/workflows/example-previews.yml
index 707bab8ebb60..08b4b9e74643 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/example-previews.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/example-previews.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created]
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "packages/**"
+      - "examples/**"
     types:
       - opened
       - synchronize
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
     # Set job outputs to values from filter step
     outputs:
-      examples: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changes }}
+      examples: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changes || false }}
       all_examples: ${{ steps.deploy-previews-label.outputs.all_examples || false }}
       dispatch_example: ${{ join(inputs.example_name) || false }}
     steps:
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
   preview:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: changes
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.all_examples || needs.changes.outputs.examples != '[]' || needs.changes.outputs.dispatch_example }}
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.all_examples || needs.changes.outputs.examples || needs.changes.outputs.dispatch_example }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 6