diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml b/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml
index 27078a7ee977c2..85752b070b6b0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ on:
     push:
         branches:
             - trunk
-            - 'release/**'
-            - 'wp/**'
+            - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - 'wp/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - wp/latest
+            - wp/next
     workflow_dispatch:
         inputs:
             version:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-block.yml b/.github/workflows/create-block.yml
index 5f6b0945179222..33b9198f8e2dd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-block.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-block.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ name: Create Block
 on:
     pull_request:
     push:
-        branches: [trunk, wp/latest]
+        branches:
+            - trunk
+            - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - 'wp/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - wp/latest
+            - wp/next
 
 # Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/end2end-test.yml b/.github/workflows/end2end-test.yml
index 69807c1bdd3fd9..26b9bed2948881 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end2end-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end2end-test.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ on:
     push:
         branches:
             - trunk
-            - 'release/**'
-            - 'wp/**'
+            - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - 'wp/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - wp/latest
+            - wp/next
 
 # Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-automation.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-automation.yml
index ddf29edc19fc22..4bc9cc193ffb48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-automation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-automation.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ on:
     pull_request_target:
         types: [opened]
     push:
+        branches:
+            - trunk
 name: Pull request automation
 
 # Disable permissions for all available scopes by default.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
index c1a6c676e3fcf0..bcbf93314f8c02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ on:
     push:
         branches:
             - trunk
-            - 'release/**'
-            - 'wp/**'
+            - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - 'wp/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - wp/latest
+            - wp/next
 
 # Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
index a0c87a670c60d8..7f06dcc45812cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ on:
     push:
         branches:
             - trunk
-            - 'release/**'
-            - 'wp/**'
+            - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - 'wp/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - wp/latest
+            - wp/next
     # Allow manually triggering the workflow.
     workflow_dispatch:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml
index fa11fa1c3673bf..d9b3c6e30b54c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ on:
     push:
         branches:
             - trunk
+            - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - 'wp/[0-9]+.[0-9]'
+            - wp/latest
+            - wp/next
         paths:
             # Only run when changes are made to workflow files.
             - '.github/workflows/**'
@@ -11,8 +15,6 @@ on:
             - 'packages/**/action.yml'
             - 'tools/**/action.yml'
     pull_request:
-        branches:
-            - trunk
         paths:
             # Only run when changes are made to workflow files.
             - '.github/workflows/**'