diff --git a/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go b/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go
index 1d5d2c145d..31e83320d4 100644
--- a/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go
+++ b/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go
@@ -668,16 +668,29 @@ HRA:
 
 		if len(hra.Spec.ScaleUpTriggers) > 1 {
 			autoscaler.Log.V(1).Info("Skipping this HRA as it has too many ScaleUpTriggers to be used in workflow_job based scaling", "hra", hra.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if len(hra.Spec.ScaleUpTriggers) == 0 {
+			autoscaler.Log.V(1).Info("Skipping this HRA as it has no ScaleUpTriggers configured", "hra", hra.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		scaleUpTrigger := hra.Spec.ScaleUpTriggers[0]
+
+		if scaleUpTrigger.GitHubEvent == nil {
+			autoscaler.Log.V(1).Info("Skipping this HRA as it has no `githubEvent` scale trigger configured", "hra", hra.Name)
 
 			continue
 		}
 
-		var duration metav1.Duration
+		if scaleUpTrigger.GitHubEvent.WorkflowJob == nil {
+			autoscaler.Log.V(1).Info("Skipping this HRA as it has no `githubEvent.workflowJob` scale trigger configured", "hra", hra.Name)
 
-		if len(hra.Spec.ScaleUpTriggers) > 0 {
-			duration = hra.Spec.ScaleUpTriggers[0].Duration
+			continue
 		}
 
+		duration := scaleUpTrigger.Duration
 		if duration.Duration <= 0 {
 			// Try to release the reserved capacity after at least 10 minutes by default,
 			// we won't end up in the reserved capacity remained forever in case GitHub somehow stopped sending us "completed" workflow_job events.
diff --git a/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook_test.go b/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook_test.go
index 7d31c854b0..54a3ea8480 100644
--- a/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook_test.go
+++ b/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ func TestWebhookWorkflowJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ScaleTargetRef: actionsv1alpha1.ScaleTargetRef{
 					Name: "test-name",
 				},
+				ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
+					{
+						GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+							WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -177,6 +184,13 @@ func TestWebhookWorkflowJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ScaleTargetRef: actionsv1alpha1.ScaleTargetRef{
 					Name: "test-name",
 				},
+				ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
+					{
+						GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+							WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -217,6 +231,13 @@ func TestWebhookWorkflowJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ScaleTargetRef: actionsv1alpha1.ScaleTargetRef{
 					Name: "test-name",
 				},
+				ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
+					{
+						GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+							WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -277,6 +298,13 @@ func TestWebhookWorkflowJobWithSelfHostedLabel(t *testing.T) {
 				ScaleTargetRef: actionsv1alpha1.ScaleTargetRef{
 					Name: "test-name",
 				},
+				ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
+					{
+						GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+							WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -316,6 +344,13 @@ func TestWebhookWorkflowJobWithSelfHostedLabel(t *testing.T) {
 				ScaleTargetRef: actionsv1alpha1.ScaleTargetRef{
 					Name: "test-name",
 				},
+				ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
+					{
+						GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+							WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -356,6 +391,13 @@ func TestWebhookWorkflowJobWithSelfHostedLabel(t *testing.T) {
 				ScaleTargetRef: actionsv1alpha1.ScaleTargetRef{
 					Name: "test-name",
 				},
+				ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
+					{
+						GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+							WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}
 
diff --git a/controllers/integration_test.go b/controllers/integration_test.go
index f5c79fec09..1ff989c46d 100644
--- a/controllers/integration_test.go
+++ b/controllers/integration_test.go
@@ -1228,9 +1228,11 @@ var _ = Context("INTEGRATION: Inside of a new namespace", func() {
 						ScaleDownDelaySecondsAfterScaleUp: intPtr(1),
 						ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
 							{
-								GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{},
-								Amount:      1,
-								Duration:    metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+								GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+									WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+								},
+								Amount:   1,
+								Duration: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -1310,9 +1312,11 @@ var _ = Context("INTEGRATION: Inside of a new namespace", func() {
 						ScaleDownDelaySecondsAfterScaleUp: intPtr(1),
 						ScaleUpTriggers: []actionsv1alpha1.ScaleUpTrigger{
 							{
-								GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{},
-								Amount:      1,
-								Duration:    metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+								GitHubEvent: &actionsv1alpha1.GitHubEventScaleUpTriggerSpec{
+									WorkflowJob: &actionsv1alpha1.WorkflowJobSpec{},
+								},
+								Amount:   1,
+								Duration: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 							},
 						},
 					},