diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
index 379a53948fc3e..940f8b23b7455 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{matrix.java.os-name}}
     needs: build-jdk11
     # Skip main in forks
-    if: (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.base_ref == 'main')) || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main')
+    if: github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main')
     timeout-minutes: 90
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -604,8 +604,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java.java-version }}
       - name: Compile Quickstarts
         run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts.git && cd quarkus-quickstarts
-          git checkout development
+          git clone -b 2.16 https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts.git && cd quarkus-quickstarts
           export LANG=en_US && ./mvnw -e -B -fae --settings .github/mvn-settings.xml clean verify -DskipTests
       - name: Upload build reports (if build failed)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3