diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8d37dacce8..4ef6432173 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -214,10 +214,25 @@ jobs:
           os: macos
       - nx/set-shas:
           main-branch-name: 'master'
+      - run:
+          name: Check if "detox" or "react-native" were modified directly
+          command: |
+            COUNT=`git diff --name-only $NX_BASE $NX_HEAD | (grep -E 'packages/detox|packages/react-native|e2e/detox|e2e/react-native' || true) | wc -l`
+            if [[ $COUNT -gt 0 ]]; then
+              echo "React Native and Detox were touched directly"
+              echo "export E2E_AFFECTED=true;" >> $BASH_ENV
+            else
+              echo "React Native and Detox were not touched directly"
+              echo "export E2E_AFFECTED=false;" >> $BASH_ENV
+            fi
       - run:
           name: Run E2E Tests
           command: |
-            npx nx affected --target=e2e --base=$NX_BASE --head=$NX_HEAD --exclude=e2e-detox,e2e-js,e2e-next,e2e-workspace-create,e2e-nx-run,e2e-nx-misc,e2e-react,e2e-web,e2e-angular-extensions,e2e-angular-core,e2e-nx-plugin,e2e-cypress,e2e-node,e2e-linter,e2e-jest,e2e-add-nx-to-monorepo,nx-dev-e2e,e2e-nx-init,e2e-dep-graph-client --parallel=1
+            if $E2E_AFFECTED; then
+              npx nx affected --target=e2e --base=$NX_BASE --head=$NX_HEAD --exclude=e2e-detox,e2e-js,e2e-next,e2e-workspace-create,e2e-nx-run,e2e-nx-misc,e2e-react,e2e-web,e2e-angular-extensions,e2e-angular-core,e2e-nx-plugin,e2e-cypress,e2e-node,e2e-linter,e2e-jest,e2e-add-nx-to-monorepo,nx-dev-e2e,e2e-nx-init,e2e-dep-graph-client --parallel=1;
+            else
+              echo "Skipping E2E tests";
+            fi
           no_output_timeout: 45m
       - run:
           name: Stop All Running Agents for This CI Run