diff --git a/.github/workflows/_quality.yml b/.github/workflows/_quality.yml
index 77e818e85..0e21097d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_quality.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,23 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: false
         type: boolean
+      run_backend:
+        description: Run backend quality checks
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      run_frontend:
+        description: Run frontend quality checks
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   backend:
+    if: inputs.run_backend
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
@@ -77,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo test --test main --locked
 
   frontend:
+    if: inputs.run_frontend
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 65f61af8f..998d6a386 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
     outputs:
+      backend: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.backend }}
+      frontend: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.frontend }}
       container: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.container }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -28,11 +30,18 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Detect container changes
+      - name: Detect affected checks
         id: filter
         uses: dorny/paths-filter@7b450fff21473bca461d4b92ce414b9d0420d706 # v4.0.2
         with:
           filters: |
+            backend:
+              - 'backend/**'
+              - 'release/version.yaml'
+              - '.github/workflows/**'
+            frontend:
+              - 'frontend/**'
+              - '.github/workflows/**'
             container:
               - 'backend/**'
               - 'frontend/**'
@@ -43,12 +52,15 @@ jobs:
               - '.github/workflows/ci.yml'
 
   quality:
+    needs: changes
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_quality.yml
     with:
       ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+      run_backend: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
+      run_frontend: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' }}
 
   container:
-    needs: [changes, quality]
+    needs: changes
     if: needs.changes.outputs.container == 'true'
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7f1b2e572..1bb99373a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-docker-binary:
     name: build-docker-binary (${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }})
-    needs: [release-info, quality]
+    needs: release-info
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.release-info.outputs.docker_matrix) }}
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-binary:
     name: build-binary (${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }})
-    needs: [release-info, quality]
+    needs: release-info
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.release-info.outputs.non_docker_matrix) }}