diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index df7de6d888..f7b9d91aa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@ name: "Code scanning - action"
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - v*
   pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 19 * * 0'
+    - cron: '00 14 * * *' # Every morning at 7:00am PDT
 
 jobs:
   CodeQL-Build:
@@ -25,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
     - run: git checkout HEAD^2
       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      
+
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1