diff --git a/.woodpecker.star b/.woodpecker.star
index d946df9eb..eb59f5bb8 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.star
+++ b/.woodpecker.star
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ def buildOpencloudBinaryForTesting(ctx):
             {
                 "event": "pull_request",
                 "path": {
-                    "exclude": skipIfUnchanged(ctx, "unit-tests"),
+                    "exclude": skipIfUnchanged(ctx, "base"),
                 },
             },
         ],
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ def skipIfUnchanged(ctx, type):
         skip = base + acceptance
     elif type == "build-binary" or type == "build-docker" or type == "litmus":
         skip = base + unit + acceptance
-    elif type == "cache":
+    elif type == "cache" or type == "base":
         skip = base
 
     return skip