diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index f76ced5296871..591f745d105b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ concurrency:
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'gh-readonly-queue/**'
-      - 'dependabot/**'
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'branch-*'
+      - 'embucket-sync-*'
   pull_request:
   merge_group:
   # manual trigger
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index a8c1b8c07af96..2ee75ead74c8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 name: Dev
 on:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'gh-readonly-queue/**'
-      - 'dependabot/**'
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'branch-*'
+      - 'embucket-sync-*'
   pull_request:
   merge_group:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index eaa9b21a1b343..a5deb5b3e538d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ concurrency:
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'gh-readonly-queue/**'
-      - 'dependabot/**'
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'branch-*'
+      - 'embucket-sync-*'
     paths-ignore:
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"