diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-static.yml b/.github/workflows/run-static.yml
index 9cf63f63d..526844f6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-static.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ on:
       - "uv.lock"
       - "pyproject.toml"
       - ".github/workflows/**"
+
+  # run on all pull requests because these checks are required and will block merges otherwise
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "src/**"
-      - "tests/**"
-      - "uv.lock"
-      - "pyproject.toml"
-      - ".github/workflows/**"
+
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index ec4457e24..c201aca74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ on:
       - "uv.lock"
       - "pyproject.toml"
       - ".github/workflows/**"
+
+  # run on all pull requests because these checks are required and will block merges otherwise
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "src/**"
-      - "tests/**"
-      - "uv.lock"
-      - "pyproject.toml"
-      - ".github/workflows/**"
 
   workflow_dispatch:
 
diff --git a/tests/client/test_sse.py b/tests/client/test_sse.py
index f70395550..7ecfc7ee6 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_sse.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_sse.py
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ async def test_nested_sse_server_resolves_correctly():
 
 
 class TestTimeout:
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        sys.platform == "win32",
+        reason="This test is flaky on Windows. Sometimes the client timeout is respected and sometimes it is not.",
+    )
     async def test_timeout(self, sse_server: str):
         with pytest.raises(
             McpError,