diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6a655611..9a2544b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ jobs:
       - id: changes
         run: |
           changed() {
-            git diff-tree -r --no-commit-id --name-only ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} \
+            git diff-tree -r --no-commit-id --name-only \
+              $(git merge-base ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}) \
+              ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} \
               | xargs python3 -c "import sys; print(any([x.startswith('$1') for x in sys.argv[1:]]))"
           }