diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 2fd7d95a2..8f0d73658 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ freebsd_instance:
 task:
   name: build
   only_if: $CIRRUS_BRANCH == 'main' || $CIRRUS_BRANCH =~ 'release/.*' || $CIRRUS_PR != ''
-  skip: "!changesInclude('.cirrus.yml') && changesIncludeOnly('/*.sh', '/.*', '/_*', 'Brewfile', 'docs/**', '**.adoc', '**.md', '**.nix', 'flake.lock', '.github/**') || $CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE =~ '.*skip ci.*'"
+  skip: "!changesInclude('.cirrus.yml') && changesIncludeOnly('/*.sh', '/.*', '/_*', 'Brewfile', 'docs/**', '**.adoc', '**.md', '**.nix', 'flake.lock', 'version.txt', '.github/**') || $CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE =~ '.*skip ci.*'"
   env:
     matrix:
       - { CIRRUS_CLONE_SUBMODULES: true, CRYPTO_BACKEND: openssl, CRYPTO_LIB_INSTALL: openssl, SHARED_LIBS: on,  RNP_LOG_CONSOLE: 1 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/centos-and-fedora.yml b/.github/workflows/centos-and-fedora.yml
index 7594d4efe..6b7aeb2a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/centos-and-fedora.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/centos-and-fedora.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/centos-and-fedora.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/debian.yml b/.github/workflows/debian.yml
index 831c621ea..6c1873503 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/debian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/debian.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/debian.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml b/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
index 498155415..2acb5816c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index 8ab147157..d53872477 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/macos.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/opensuse.yml b/.github/workflows/opensuse.yml
index d02381c96..68430590d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opensuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opensuse.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/opensuse.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/time-machine.yml b/.github/workflows/time-machine.yml
index d36c2f070..87d4ab3d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/time-machine.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/time-machine.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/time-machine.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/time-machine.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-msys2.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-msys2.yml
index 70fa272bb..2c45ca04c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-msys2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-msys2.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/windows-msys2.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-native.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-native.yml
index 6f10ec278..2c1ee5f75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-native.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-native.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
       - '!.github/workflows/windows-native.yml'
   pull_request:
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.nix'
       - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'version.txt'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}'