diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
index 366c175..8817af4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-markdown-task.ya?ml"
       - ".markdown-link-check.json"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ on:
       - "**.mkdn"
       - "**.mdown"
       - "**.markdown"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-markdown-task.ya?ml"
       - ".markdown-link-check.json"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ on:
       - "**.mkdn"
       - "**.mdown"
       - "**.markdown"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
   schedule:
     # Run every Tuesday at 8 AM UTC to catch breakage caused by external changes.
     - cron: "0 8 * * TUE"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml
index 486678d..a40d661 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
       - "**/.prettierignore"
       - "**/.prettierrc*"
       # Prettier-covered file patterns are defined by:
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
       - "**/.prettierignore"
       - "**/.prettierrc*"
       # CSS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-taskfiles.yml b/.github/workflows/check-taskfiles.yml
index 608c2f7..1d6a968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-taskfiles.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-taskfiles.yml
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-taskfiles.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
       - "**/Taskfile.ya?ml"
       - "**/DistTasks.ya?ml"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-taskfiles.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
       - "**/Taskfile.ya?ml"
       - "**/DistTasks.ya?ml"
   schedule:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml
index ee1c52f..81ee0bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/*.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/*.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
   schedule:
     # Run every Tuesday at 8 AM UTC to catch breakage resulting from changes to the JSON schema.
     - cron: "0 8 * * TUE"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels-npm.yml
index 3a19915..f67ea0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels-npm.yml
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ on:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/sync-labels-npm.ya?ml"
       - ".github/label-configuration-files/*.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/sync-labels-npm.ya?ml"
       - ".github/label-configuration-files/*.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
   schedule:
     # Run daily at 8 AM UTC to sync with changes to shared label configurations.
     - cron: "0 8 * * *"