diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
index f688a1f6c..bdab5e17e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main  # You can change this to the branch you want to publish from
+    paths:
+      - 'litellm/**'
+      - 'setup.py'
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest