diff --git a/.github/workflows/staffml-preview-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/staffml-preview-dev.yml
index 4f7ae332e..546b5f720 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staffml-preview-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staffml-preview-dev.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ on:
       - 'interviews/vault/questions/**'
       - 'interviews/vault/chains.json'
       - 'interviews/vault/schema/**'
+      # Re-run on edits to this workflow or the reusable validate
+      # workflows it calls — without these paths, a CI fix to any
+      # staffml workflow doesn't re-run the badge-driving job, so
+      # the README badge stays red until the next unrelated push to
+      # interviews/staffml/**.
+      - '.github/workflows/staffml-preview-dev.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/staffml-validate-dev.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/staffml-validate-vault.yml'
 
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