diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 73a3ed2e42a..5aac7fd22d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Benchmark
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths-ignore: &paths-ignore
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - ".github/workflows/wheels*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml b/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml
index e5b79ff5bc7..ca1335904a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: CIFuzz
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths: &paths
       - ".github/dependencies.json"
       - ".github/workflows/cifuzz.yml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 19776bdc4c9..36c763a45c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Docs
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths: &paths
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - "docs/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 3b2b34acd52..170272b128e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: Lint
 
-on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions: {}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/test-docker.yml
index fbf6aa6003d..fa2515ba9f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-docker.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Test Docker
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths-ignore: &paths-ignore
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - ".github/workflows/wheels*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mingw.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mingw.yml
index 6bb88681907..def146e05cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mingw.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mingw.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Test MinGW
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths-ignore: &paths-ignore
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - ".github/workflows/wheels*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-valgrind.yml b/.github/workflows/test-valgrind.yml
index 444f71d323a..c1e7e86232d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-valgrind.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-valgrind.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Test Valgrind
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths: &paths
       - ".github/workflows/test-valgrind.yml"
       - "**.c"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
index b5e3a7f46a1..ce009aefe2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Test Windows
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths-ignore: &paths-ignore
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - ".github/workflows/wheels*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e7430ef6edc..23f55c63c94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Test
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "**"
+      - main
     paths-ignore: &paths-ignore
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - ".github/workflows/wheels*"