diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-milestoned.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-milestoned.yml
index 6057beab11..3ae6ef0a2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-milestoned.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-milestoned.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   main:
+    if: contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'cherry-pick-hotfix')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: engineering
     permissions: