diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 344074a1ad..4c43110ae0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ name: "CodeQL code analysis"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, master ]
+    branches: main
   pull_request:
-    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: [ main, master ]
+    branches: main
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.txt'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eclipse-dash.yml b/.github/workflows/eclipse-dash.yml
index b42e8e36c3..2bae472973 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eclipse-dash.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eclipse-dash.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ name: "Eclipse DASH IP Check"
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
+    branches: main
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
 
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/irs-build.yml b/.github/workflows/irs-build.yml
index 183499eadb..0878e99cb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/irs-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/irs-build.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: IRS build
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
   push:
     branches:
-      - '**'
+      - main
     tags:
       - '**'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kics.yml b/.github/workflows/kics.yml
index 34e92a98f7..3bdce4b0ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kics.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ name: "KICS security and vulnerability scanner"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, master]
+    branches: main
   pull_request:
-  # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: [main, master]
+    branches: main
     paths-ignore:
       - "**/*.md"
       - "**/*.txt"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/owasp.yml b/.github/workflows/owasp.yml
index 895e858db2..e069d5ee37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/owasp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/owasp.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: "OWASP dependency scanner"
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches: main
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
   schedule:
     - cron:  "0 0 * * *"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spotbugs.yml b/.github/workflows/spotbugs.yml
index 7426902051..2462e6c608 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spotbugs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spotbugs.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: "Spotbugs bug detection"
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches: main
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
   schedule:
     - cron:  "0 0 * * *"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
index 0beea82993..e57a3ef9f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ name: "Trivy vulnerability scanner"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, master ]
+    branches: main
   pull_request:
-  # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: [ main, master ]
+    branches: main
     paths-ignore:
       - "**/*.md"
       - "**/*.txt"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/xray-cucumber.yaml b/.github/workflows/xray-cucumber.yaml
index b7b7b2e736..63f480a555 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xray-cucumber.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xray-cucumber.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ name: IRS Cucumber Xray execution
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
+    branches: main
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
 
 jobs:
   build: