diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 676672c1..7dbca144 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 jobs:
   bootstrap:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e93e12a9..ba04a51a 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml	
@@ -7,14 +7,39 @@ on:
       - main
   pull_request:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
+    outputs:
+      image-build-affected: ${{ steps.image-build-affected.outputs.result }}
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Check whether the pull request can affect the image build
+        id: image-build-affected
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          changed=$(gh api --paginate "/repos/$REPO/pulls/$PR_NUMBER/files" --jq '.[].filename')
+          if grep -qxE 'Dockerfile|uv\.lock|pyproject\.toml|\.dockerignore' <<< "$changed"; then
+            echo "result=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "result=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
       - name: setup project
         id: setup-project
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-project
@@ -67,7 +92,8 @@ jobs:
         run: make test
 
   build-docker-image:
-    needs: test
+    needs: [lint, test]
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || needs.lint.outputs.image-build-affected == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: