diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 24ebdf3f13..7e37baebcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/actions.yml"
       - "datahub-actions/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml
index 8fe2ae9464..9930f27b19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 5ab1b5acbc..52cea052fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths-ignore:
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
   setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      frontend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.frontend-change == 'true' }}
+      frontend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.frontend-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
       ingestion_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.ingestion-change == 'true' }}
-      backend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.backend-change == 'true' }}
-      docker_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.docker-change == 'true' }}
+      backend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.backend-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request'}}
+      docker_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.docker-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
       frontend_only: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.frontend-only == 'true' }}
       ingestion_only: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.ingestion-only == 'true' }}
       kafka_setup_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.kafka-setup-change == 'true' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml b/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml
index 1b28457848..c2ed45a0ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - "metadata-integration/**"
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dagster-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/dagster-plugin.yml
index 0d81a27914..de49eac8af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dagster-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dagster-plugin.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/dagster-plugin.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion-modules/dagster-plugin/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml
index 0c28261740..48a52c223a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - "**"
@@ -48,11 +49,11 @@ jobs:
       python_release_version: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.python_release_version }}
       branch_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.branch_name }}
       repository_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.repository_name }}
-      frontend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.frontend-change == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
-      actions_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.actions-change == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
-      ingestion_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.ingestion-change == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
+      frontend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.frontend-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+      actions_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.actions-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request'}}
+      ingestion_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.ingestion-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
       ingestion_base_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.ingestion-base-change == 'true' }}
-      backend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.backend-change == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
+      backend_change: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.backend-change == 'true' || github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
       frontend_only: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.frontend-only == 'true' }}
       ingestion_only: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.ingestion-only == 'true' }}
       backend_only: ${{ steps.ci-optimize.outputs.backend-only == 'true' }}
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           ENABLE_PUBLISH: >-
             ${{
-               (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'release' || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master')) 
+               (github.event_name != 'pull_request')) 
                && ( secrets.ACRYL_DOCKER_PASSWORD != '' )
             }}
         run: |
@@ -306,7 +307,6 @@ jobs:
   smoke_test_matrix:
     runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.test_runner_type_small }}
     needs: setup
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release') }}
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
       cypress_batch_count: ${{ steps.set-batch-count.outputs.cypress_batch_count }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gx-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/gx-plugin.yml
index 8f2ed6e9c7..ded1d2be18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gx-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gx-plugin.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/gx-plugin.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion-modules/gx-plugin/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml b/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml
index 3b82935844..9b3baa07d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml b/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml
index 67700c55e3..eb518d889d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - "**/*.gradle"
       - "li-utils/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prefect-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/prefect-plugin.yml
index 5e230c3514..a3e62badb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prefect-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prefect-plugin.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/prefect-plugin.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion-modules/prefect-plugin/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml
index 7a2080b7a9..ab22d9040e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - releases/**
     paths:
       - "metadata_models/**"
       - "metadata-integration/java/datahub-client/**"