diff --git a/eng/pipelines/typespec-ci.yml b/eng/pipelines/typespec-ci.yml
index 0264c00f603d..08d97f68faae 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/typespec-ci.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/typespec-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ pr:
     - typespec-next
   paths:
     include:
-    - '*'  # any file in repo root, like "package.json" or ".prettierrc.json"
+    - .gitattributes
+    - .prettierrc.json
+    - package-lock.json
+    - package.json
+    - tsconfig.json
     - eng
 
 jobs: