diff --git a/.github/workflows/doctests.yml b/.github/workflows/doctests.yml
index daa8858b89..0062c2da24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doctests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doctests.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     tags-ignore:
       - '*'
+    branches:
+      - 'emb-examples'
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch: