diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b17aa77..8068ac4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: CI
-on: [push]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore: ["npm-version/*"]
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened]
+    branches: ["npm-version/*"]
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Run tests
diff --git a/es/scripts/release.sh b/es/scripts/release.sh
index 8cc5837..719d970 100755
--- a/es/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/es/scripts/release.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ npm version $VERSION --no-git-tag-version --workspaces
 npm publish --workspaces --access=public
 
 # create a branch and push it to github
-git checkout -b update-version-$VERSION
+BRANCH_NAME=npm-version/$VERSION
+
+git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME
 git add .
 git commit -m "Release $VERSION"
-git push origin update-version-$VERSION
+git push origin $BRANCH_NAME
 
 # create a PR
-gh pr create --title "Update ES packages version to $VERSION" --body "Update version to $VERSION" --base main --head update-version-$VERSION
+gh pr create --title "Update ES packages version to $VERSION" --body "Update version to $VERSION" --base main --head $BRANCH_NAME