diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c25c8308c31..c65c154a140 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ trigger:
     - docs/**
     - '*.md'
     include:
+    - .golangci.toml
     - Makefile
     - pkg/**
     - packaging/**
@@ -4922,6 +4923,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 474420078e68f3b51a76abb99ba723671130f524ed00c42e66169c6912b6fbba
+hmac: fc8a4639e1e301965161795a12c8123f2240ff72a406acf2dad8fda2797beaef
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/events/pr.star b/scripts/drone/events/pr.star
index 0e14eab5c04..d5a81aa78c8 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/events/pr.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/events/pr.star
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def pr_pipelines():
         lint_backend_pipeline(
             get_pr_trigger(
                 include_paths = [
+                    ".golangci.toml",
                     "Makefile",
                     "pkg/**",
                     "packaging/**",