diff --git a/.ci/azure/mac.yml b/.ci/azure/mac.yml
index 4534c08b065..0df0c05a2e2 100644
--- a/.ci/azure/mac.yml
+++ b/.ci/azure/mac.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - master
+    - releases/*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - docs/*
+
 resources:
   repositories:
   - repository: openvino_contrib