diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c2c31bc427d3..1aee84cf9658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -193,9 +193,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ${{ env.CACHED_BUILD_PATHS }}
           key: ${{ env.BUILD_CACHE_KEY }}
+      - name: Check changed files
+        id: changed-files-specific
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v6.2
+        with:
+          files: .*packages\/(ember|browser|core|tracing|hub|minimal|types|utils)($|/.*)
+      # Only run ember tests if the files above have changed
       - name: Run Ember tests
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         run: yarn test --scope=@sentry/ember
       - name: Compute test coverage
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
 
   job_artifacts: