diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 910769b478..edaeb5d558 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -275,6 +275,13 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - attach_workspace:
           at: .
+      - run:
+          name: Only run when publish/deployed/*/deployment.json changes
+          command: |
+            changes=$(git diff --name-status origin/develop | grep 'publish\/deployed\/[a-z0-9\-]*\/deployment\.json$' || true)
+            if [ -z "$changes" ]; then
+              circleci-agent step halt
+            fi;
       - run: npm run test:deployments
   job-validate-etherscan:
     working_directory: ~/repo
diff --git a/.circleci/src/jobs/job-validate-deployments.yml b/.circleci/src/jobs/job-validate-deployments.yml
index e91c34b5a3..f50c3667e0 100644
--- a/.circleci/src/jobs/job-validate-deployments.yml
+++ b/.circleci/src/jobs/job-validate-deployments.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@ steps:
   - checkout
   - attach_workspace:
       at: .
+  - run:
+      name: Only run when publish/deployed/*/deployment.json changes
+      command: |
+        changes=$(git diff --name-status origin/develop | grep 'publish\/deployed\/[a-z0-9\-]*\/deployment\.json$' || true)
+        if [ -z "$changes" ]; then
+          circleci-agent step halt
+        fi;
   - run: npm run test:deployments