diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a4e23d43d9a..8a54590ea73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ name: release
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - release**
+    - 'release**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-    - release**
+    - 'release**'
 jobs:
   datasets:
     name: datasets
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yaml b/.github/workflows/style.yaml
index f0bf1080599..e0aee816851 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ name: style
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - release**
+    - '**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - release**
+    - '**'
 jobs:
   black:
     name: black
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 926a1dee9b3..e39699aeed6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ name: tests
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - release**
+    - '**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - release**
+    - '**'
 jobs:
   mypy:
     name: mypy