diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docker.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docker.yml
index d9b4ef03d..ad3d8df3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docker.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      # Ignore all Markdown files
+      - "**/*.md"
+      # Ignore test files
+      - "**/*.test.ts"
+      - "**/*.test.tsx"
 
 jobs:
   build-and-push-image:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_build_docker.yml b/.github/workflows/test_build_docker.yml
index 46368d50e..804d1f056 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_build_docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_build_docker.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      # Ignore all Markdown files
+      - "**/*.md"
+      # Ignore test files
+      - "**/*.test.ts"
+      - "**/*.test.tsx"
 
 jobs:
   test-build-docker-image:
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 767dbb69b..16845e74c 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   [#1040](https://github.com/aws/graph-explorer/pull/1040))
 - **Fixed** Rendering boolean values for Gremlin connections
   ([#1034](https://github.com/aws/graph-explorer/pull/1034))
+- **Updated** GitHub Action workflows to ignore markdown and test files for the
+  Docker image builds ([#1043](https://github.com/aws/graph-explorer/pull/1043))
 
 ## Release v2.1