diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/lib/trigger.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/lib/trigger.ts
index c1efc87dd4718..53909a4192b85 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/lib/trigger.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/lib/trigger.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export interface GitConfiguration {
    *
    * Git tags is the only supported event type.
    *
-   * The length must be between 1 and 3.
+   * The length must be less than or equal to 3.
    *
    * @default - no filter.
    */
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ export class Trigger {
       }
 
       const pushFilter = this.props.gitConfiguration.pushFilter;
-      if (pushFilter !== undefined && (pushFilter.length < 1 || pushFilter.length > 3)) {
-        throw new Error(`length of pushFilter for sourceAction with name '${sourceAction.actionProperties.actionName}' must be between 1 and 3, got ${pushFilter.length}`);
+      if (pushFilter !== undefined && pushFilter.length > 3) {
+        throw new Error(`length of pushFilter for sourceAction with name '${sourceAction.actionProperties.actionName}' must be less than or equal to 3, got ${pushFilter.length}`);
       }
 
       pushFilter?.forEach(filter => {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export class Trigger {
 
       const push: CfnPipeline.GitPushFilterProperty[] | undefined = pushFilter?.map(filter => {
         const tags: CfnPipeline.GitTagFilterCriteriaProperty | undefined = {
-          // set to undefined if empty array
+          // set to undefined if empty array because CloudFormation does not accept empty array
           excludes: filter.tagsExcludes?.length ? filter.tagsExcludes : undefined,
           includes: filter.tagsIncludes?.length ? filter.tagsIncludes : undefined,
         };
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ export class Trigger {
       });
 
       gitConfiguration = {
-        push,
+        // set to undefined if empty array because CloudFormation does not accept empty array
+        push: push?.length ? push : undefined,
         sourceActionName: sourceAction.actionProperties.actionName,
       };
     }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/test/triggers.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/test/triggers.test.ts
index dbd160f93d801..6c9048ddede4d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/test/triggers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline/test/triggers.test.ts
@@ -268,19 +268,30 @@ describe('triggers', () => {
     }).toThrow(/maximum length of tagsIncludes for sourceAction with name 'CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction' is 8, got 9/);
   });
 
-  test('throw if length of pushFilter is less than 1', () => {
-    expect(() => {
-      new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'Pipeline', {
-        pipelineType: codepipeline.PipelineType.V2,
-        triggers: [{
-          providerType: codepipeline.ProviderType.CODE_STAR_SOURCE_CONNECTION,
-          gitConfiguration: {
-            sourceAction,
-            pushFilter: [],
-          },
-        }],
-      });
-    }).toThrow(/length of pushFilter for sourceAction with name 'CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction' must be between 1 and 3, got 0/);
+  test('empty pushFilter for trigger is set to undefined', () => {
+    const pipeline = new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'Pipeline', {
+      pipelineType: codepipeline.PipelineType.V2,
+      triggers: [{
+        providerType: codepipeline.ProviderType.CODE_STAR_SOURCE_CONNECTION,
+        gitConfiguration: {
+          sourceAction,
+          pushFilter: [],
+        },
+      }],
+    });
+
+    testPipelineSetup(pipeline, [sourceAction], [buildAction]);
+
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::CodePipeline::Pipeline', {
+      PipelineType: 'V2',
+      Triggers: [{
+        GitConfiguration: {
+          SourceActionName: 'CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction',
+          Push: Match.absent(),
+        },
+        ProviderType: 'CodeStarSourceConnection',
+      }],
+    });
   });
 
   test('throw if length of pushFilter is greater than 3', () => {
@@ -312,7 +323,7 @@ describe('triggers', () => {
           },
         }],
       });
-    }).toThrow(/length of pushFilter for sourceAction with name 'CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction' must be between 1 and 3, got 4/);;
+    }).toThrow(/length of pushFilter for sourceAction with name 'CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction' must be less than or equal to 3, got 4/);;
   });
 
   test('throw if provider of sourceAction is not \'CodeStarSourceConnection\'', () => {