diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yaml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yaml
index a648135f92..7c101b9724 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Go Benchmarks
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - '*'
+    - '**'
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yaml
index 75a0da2abe..6d697e308b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yaml
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ concurrency:
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - '*'
+      - '**'
   push:
     branches:
       - 'main'
+      - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
     tags:
-      - '*'
+      - '**'
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 jobs: