diff --git a/.changeset/@graphql-codegen_cli-9051-dependencies.md b/.changeset/@graphql-codegen_cli-9051-dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2813199667f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/@graphql-codegen_cli-9051-dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@graphql-codegen/cli": patch
+---
+dependencies updates:
+  - Added dependency [`micromatch@^4.0.5` ↗︎](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch/v/4.0.5) (to `dependencies`)
diff --git a/.changeset/honest-spiders-rush.md b/.changeset/honest-spiders-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7aa5909fe18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/honest-spiders-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/cli': patch
+---
+
+only run generate for files that users have listed in config to avoid running this over every change that codegen is not supposed to execute
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json
index a181f134920..8ec988d13bc 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     "json-to-pretty-yaml": "^1.2.2",
     "listr2": "^4.0.5",
     "log-symbols": "^4.0.0",
+    "micromatch": "^4.0.5",
     "shell-quote": "^1.7.3",
     "string-env-interpolation": "^1.0.1",
     "ts-log": "^2.2.3",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
     "@types/inquirer": "8.2.6",
     "@types/is-glob": "4.0.2",
     "@types/js-yaml": "4.0.5",
+    "@types/micromatch": "^4.0.2",
     "@types/mkdirp": "1.0.2",
     "@types/shell-quote": "1.7.1",
     "bdd-stdin": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/watcher.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/watcher.ts
index 4e136d790e1..e527fa67b5b 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/watcher.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/watcher.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { isValidPath } from '@graphql-tools/utils';
 import type { subscribe } from '@parcel/watcher';
 import debounce from 'debounce';
 import isGlob from 'is-glob';
+import mm from 'micromatch';
 import logSymbols from 'log-symbols';
 import { executeCodegen } from '../codegen.js';
 import { CodegenContext, loadContext } from '../config.js';
@@ -95,6 +96,12 @@ export const createWatcher = (
         // it doesn't matter what has changed, need to run whole process anyway
         await Promise.all(
           events.map(async ({ type: eventName, path }) => {
+            /**
+             * @parcel/watcher has no way to run watcher on specific files (https://github.com/parcel-bundler/watcher/issues/42)
+             * But we can use micromatch to filter out events that we don't care about
+             */
+            if (!mm.contains(path, files)) return;
+
             lifecycleHooks(config.hooks).onWatchTriggered(eventName, path);
             debugLog(`[Watcher] triggered due to a file ${eventName} event: ${path}`);
             const fullPath = join(process.cwd(), path);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 64370256ae8..7055741fefa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4430,6 +4430,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/braces@*":
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/braces/-/braces-3.0.1.tgz#5a284d193cfc61abb2e5a50d36ebbc50d942a32b"
+  integrity sha512-+euflG6ygo4bn0JHtn4pYqcXwRtLvElQ7/nnjDu7iYG56H0+OhCd7d6Ug0IE3WcFpZozBKW2+80FUbv5QGk5AQ==
+
 "@types/connect-history-api-fallback@^1.3.5":
   version "1.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/connect-history-api-fallback/-/connect-history-api-fallback-1.3.5.tgz#d1f7a8a09d0ed5a57aee5ae9c18ab9b803205dae"
@@ -4654,6 +4659,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/mdx/-/mdx-2.0.3.tgz#43fd32414f17fcbeced3578109a6edd877a2d96e"
   integrity sha512-IgHxcT3RC8LzFLhKwP3gbMPeaK7BM9eBH46OdapPA7yvuIUJ8H6zHZV53J8hGZcTSnt95jANt+rTBNUUc22ACQ==
 
+"@types/micromatch@^4.0.2":
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/micromatch/-/micromatch-4.0.2.tgz#ce29c8b166a73bf980a5727b1e4a4d099965151d"
+  integrity sha512-oqXqVb0ci19GtH0vOA/U2TmHTcRY9kuZl4mqUxe0QmJAlIW13kzhuK5pi1i9+ngav8FjpSb9FVS/GE00GLX1VA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/braces" "*"
+
 "@types/mime@*":
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/mime/-/mime-3.0.1.tgz#5f8f2bca0a5863cb69bc0b0acd88c96cb1d4ae10"
@@ -8135,35 +8147,7 @@ esbuild@^0.16.14:
     "@esbuild/win32-ia32" "0.16.17"
     "@esbuild/win32-x64" "0.16.17"
 
-esbuild@^0.17.6:
-  version "0.17.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild/-/esbuild-0.17.8.tgz#f7f799abc7cdce3f0f2e3e0c01f120d4d55193b4"
-  integrity sha512-g24ybC3fWhZddZK6R3uD2iF/RIPnRpwJAqLov6ouX3hMbY4+tKolP0VMF3zuIYCaXun+yHwS5IPQ91N2BT191g==
-  optionalDependencies:
-    "@esbuild/android-arm" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/android-arm64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/android-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/darwin-arm64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/darwin-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/freebsd-arm64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/freebsd-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-arm" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-arm64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-ia32" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-loong64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-mips64el" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-ppc64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-riscv64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-s390x" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/linux-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/netbsd-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/openbsd-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/sunos-x64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/win32-arm64" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/win32-ia32" "0.17.8"
-    "@esbuild/win32-x64" "0.17.8"
-
-esbuild@~0.17.6:
+esbuild@^0.17.6, esbuild@~0.17.6:
   version "0.17.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild/-/esbuild-0.17.10.tgz#3be050561b34c5dc05b46978f4e1f326d5cc9437"
   integrity sha512-n7V3v29IuZy5qgxx25TKJrEm0FHghAlS6QweUcyIgh/U0zYmQcvogWROitrTyZId1mHSkuhhuyEXtI9OXioq7A==