diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml
index b089569..372f857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml
@@ -7,21 +7,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.github/dependabot.yml'
-      - '.github/pull_request_template.md'
-      - '.github/release.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/label-checker.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/task-list-checker.yml'
-      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.github/dependabot.yml'
-      - '.github/pull_request_template.md'
-      - '.github/release.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/label-checker.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/task-list-checker.yml'
-      - '**.md'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs: {}
 
@@ -42,9 +28,25 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 jobs:
-  go-lint: # NOTE: for Branch protection rule `Status checks that are required.`
-    name: Run golangci-lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest # ref. https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on
+  paths-ignore:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.paths-ignore.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: kunitsucom/github-actions-paths-ignore-alternative@main
+        id: paths-ignore
+        with:
+          paths-ignore: |-
+            # substrings of file paths to ignore written in regular expressions
+            ^.github/dependabot.yml$
+            ^.github/pull_request_template.md$
+            ^.github/release.yml$
+            ^.github/workflows/label-checker.yml$
+            ^.github/workflows/task-list-checker.yml$
+  go-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: paths-ignore
+    if: ${{ needs.paths-ignore.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: DEBUG
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
index bcdad1d..4ee5350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
@@ -7,21 +7,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.github/dependabot.yml'
-      - '.github/pull_request_template.md'
-      - '.github/release.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/label-checker.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/task-list-checker.yml'
-      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.github/dependabot.yml'
-      - '.github/pull_request_template.md'
-      - '.github/release.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/label-checker.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/task-list-checker.yml'
-      - '**.md'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs: {}
 
@@ -44,9 +30,25 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 jobs:
-  go-test: # NOTE: for Branch protection rule `Status checks that are required.`
-    name: Run go test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest # ref. https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on
+  paths-ignore:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.paths-ignore.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: kunitsucom/github-actions-paths-ignore-alternative@main
+        id: paths-ignore
+        with:
+          paths-ignore: |-
+            # substrings of file paths to ignore written in regular expressions
+            ^.github/dependabot.yml$
+            ^.github/pull_request_template.md$
+            ^.github/release.yml$
+            ^.github/workflows/label-checker.yml$
+            ^.github/workflows/task-list-checker.yml$
+  go-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: paths-ignore
+    if: ${{ needs.paths-ignore.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: DEBUG
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           files: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}/coverage.txt
       - name: Move docker build cache (workaround)
-        if: always()
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}  # ref. https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions#always
         run: |
           if [[ -d ${{ env.DOCKER_BUILD_CACHE_TO }} ]]; then
             rm -rf ${{ env.DOCKER_BUILD_CACHE_FROM }}