diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index e9dd2a300a..7880ed17d5 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ blocks:
     dependencies: []
     run:
       # don't run the tests on non-functional changes...
-      when: "change_in('/', {exclude: ['/.deployed-versions/', '.github/'], default_branch: 'master'})"
+      when: "change_in('/', {exclude: ['/.deployed-versions/', '.github/', 'service.yml', 'README.md'], default_branch: 'master'})"
     task:
       jobs:
         - name: Test
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ after_pipeline:
   task:
     agent:
       machine:
-        type: s1-prod-ubuntu24-04-arm64-0
+        type: s1-prod-ubuntu24-04-arm64-00
     jobs:
       - name: Metrics
         commands: