diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 94922aec598..8c622b06ce6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ stages:
   allow_failure: false
   except:
     variables:
+      - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /(^docs[\/-].*|.*-docs$)/
+      - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /(^qa[\/-].*|.*-qa$)/
       - $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /norails4/
       - $RAILS5_DISABLED
   variables: