diff --git a/.github/actions/cache-checkout/action.yml b/.github/actions/cache-checkout/action.yml
index 706d9b5462..8fd22c706e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/cache-checkout/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/cache-checkout/action.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ runs:
           !.git
           !node_modules
           !**/node_modules
+          !apps/web/public/app-store
         key: git-checkout-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
     - name: Checkout PR code (on cache miss)
       if: steps.cache-checkout.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -24,3 +25,8 @@ runs:
           /*
           !/example-apps/
           !**/*.mp4
+          !/docs/images/
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.png
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.jpg
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.jpeg
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.gif
diff --git a/.github/actions/dangerous-git-checkout/action.yml b/.github/actions/dangerous-git-checkout/action.yml
index 6a3dd50f87..5978988025 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dangerous-git-checkout/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/dangerous-git-checkout/action.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@ runs:
           /*
           !/example-apps/
           !**/*.mp4
+          !/docs/images/
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.png
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.jpg
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.jpeg
+          !packages/app-store/*/static/*.gif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 130380fdbd..cca15895e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ jobs:
       db-cache-hit: ${{ steps.cache-db-check.outputs.cache-hit }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github
       - uses: ./.github/actions/cache-checkout
       - name: Generate DB cache key
         id: cache-db-key