diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
index ff6c40ac9ae..d0695e49268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linting.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
         run: |
-          git diff --name-only "$BASE_SHA"...HEAD -- 'litellm/**/*.py' | grep -v '^litellm/enterprise/' > "$RUNNER_TEMP/ruff_format_files.txt" || true
+          git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR "$BASE_SHA"...HEAD -- 'litellm/**/*.py' | grep -v '^litellm/enterprise/' > "$RUNNER_TEMP/ruff_format_files.txt" || true
           if [ ! -s "$RUNNER_TEMP/ruff_format_files.txt" ]; then
             echo "No changed litellm Python files to check with ruff format."
             exit 0