diff --git a/.github/workflows/spec_guards.yml b/.github/workflows/spec_guards.yml
index e3201eb6db..1991e016a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spec_guards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spec_guards.yml
@@ -2,21 +2,13 @@ name: Rubyspec Version Guards Check
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'doc/**'
-      - '**.md'
-      - '**.rdoc'
-      - '**/.document'
-      - '**.[1-8]'
-      - '**.ronn'
+    paths:
+      - 'spec/**'
+      - '!spec/*.md'
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
-      - 'doc/**'
-      - '**.md'
-      - '**.rdoc'
-      - '**/.document'
-      - '**.[1-8]'
-      - '**.ronn'
+      - 'spec/**'
+      - '!spec/*.md'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }} / ${{ startsWith(github.event_name, 'pull') && github.ref_name || github.sha }}