diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_crontests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_crontests.yml
index 209c3f9d10..1b48768c1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_crontests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_crontests.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     # Run this job on release tags, but not on pushes to the main branch
     tags:
-    - '*'
+      - '*'
   schedule:
     # run every Friday at 22:00 UTC
     - cron: '0 22 * * 5'
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    if: github.repository == 'astropy/astroquery'
+    # To enable this cron job on forks, comment out the following line
+    if: github.repository == 'astropy/astroquery' || github.event_name != 'schedule'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_devtests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_devtests.yml
index 840425e718..1359d5748e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_devtests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_devtests.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    # To enable this cron job on forks, comment out the following line
+    if: github.repository == 'astropy/astroquery' || github.event_name != 'schedule'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml
index 414dae222f..352ceb9be7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    # To enable this cron job on forks, comment out the following line
+    if: github.repository == 'astropy/astroquery' || github.event_name != 'schedule'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ jobs:
   egg_info:
     name: egg_info with Python 3.9
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # To enable this cron job on forks, comment out the following line
+    if: github.repository == 'astropy/astroquery' || github.event_name != 'schedule'
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index ab7abe24da..b790b52caf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    if: github.repository == 'astropy/astroquery'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: