diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix.yaml b/.github/workflows/matrix.yaml
index 5d2ffbf800..6990de6059 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix.yaml
@@ -8,14 +8,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - "**.go"
-      - "!**_test.go" # exclude test files to ignore unit test changes
-      - "test/**" # include test files in e2e again
-      - "!**.md"
-      - "Dockerfile.release"
-      - ".github/workflows/e2e.yaml"
-      - "charts/**"
-      - "manifests/**"
+      - "vendor/**"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
@@ -23,16 +16,19 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   check-if-matrix-is-up-to-date:
-    - name: Checkout PR
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      run: gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-    - name: run matrix-gen
-      run: go run hack/compat-matrix/main.go docs/pages/deploying-vclusters/compat-matrix
-    - name: commit change if needed
-      run: git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -am 'updated compatibility matrix'
-    - name: Push changes
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TO:KEN }}
-      run: git push
+    name: Execute all helm tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: regenerate the table
+        run: |
+          go run hack/compat-matrix/main.go docs/pages/deploying-vclusters/compat-matrix
+      - name: commit change if needed
+        run: |
+          git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -am 'updated compatibility matrix'
+      - name: Push changes
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TO:KEN }}
+        run: git push