diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla.yml b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
index 3ac31b0994f7..bb1aec1290c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - 'language-reference-stable'
+  merge_group:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write