diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
index 8b0b4ea589a..5c8d89a3b1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ on:
       - '**.py'
       - '**.toml'
       - '**.sh'
-      - "Makefile"
-      - "go.mod"
-      - "go.sum"
+      - "**/Makefile"
+      - "**/go.mod"
+      - "**/go.sum"
       - ".github/workflows/*.yml"
       - "test/**"
       - "e2e/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1e2542b2c4f..8c94eb29db3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ on:
       - '**.py'
       - '**.toml'
       - '**.sh'
-      - 'Makefile'
-      - 'go.mod'
-      - 'go.sum'
+      - '**/Makefile'
+      - '**/go.mod'
+      - '**/go.sum'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - 'test/**'
   schedule:
diff --git a/backend/.golangci.yaml b/backend/.golangci.yaml
index fa4042b6bbb..70902b9081f 100644
--- a/backend/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/backend/.golangci.yaml
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ linters:
       - linters:
           - revive
         path: plugins/([^hc].*|.[^eo].*|..[^lr].*|...[^pe].*|....[^e].*|.....[^r].*)
+      # aws-sdk-go v1 is end-of-support and its last release marks every
+      # package as deprecated. Tolerate that only for the kiro plugin until it
+      # is migrated to aws-sdk-go-v2; remove this rule afterwards.
+      - linters:
+          - staticcheck
+        path: plugins/kiro/
+        text: 'SA1019: "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/'
     paths:
       - third_party$
       - builtin$