diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 6aed0ccc17a..ac5fb46b4a8 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,26 @@ queue_rules:
       # Conditions to get out of the queue (= merged)
       - or:
           - and:
-              - base=release-v*
+              - base~=^(release-.+)$
+              - "status-success=codespell"
+              - "status-success=multi-arch-build"
+              - "status-success=go-test"
+              - "status-success=golangci-lint"
+              - "status-success=mod-check"
+              - "status-success=lint-extras"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/k8s-e2e-external-storage/1.26"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/k8s-e2e-external-storage/1.27"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/k8s-e2e-external-storage/1.28"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.26"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.27"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.28"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.26"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.27"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.28"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-cephfs"
+              - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-rbd"
+          - and:
+              - base=release-v3.9
               - "status-success=codespell"
               - "status-success=multi-arch-build"
               - "status-success=go-test"
@@ -110,7 +129,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
           - and:
               - author=dependabot[bot]
               - label!=DNM
-              - base=release-v*
+              - base~=^(release-.+)$
               - "#approved-reviews-by>=2"
               - "#changes-requested-reviews-by=0"
               - "approved-reviews-by=@ceph/ceph-csi-contributors"
@@ -176,7 +195,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
       - or:
           - and:
               - label!=DNM
-              - base=release-v*
+              - base~=^(release-.+)$
               - "#approved-reviews-by>=2"
               - "#changes-requested-reviews-by=0"
               - "approved-reviews-by=@ceph/ceph-csi-contributors"
@@ -235,7 +254,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
     conditions:
       - or:
           - and:
-              - base=release-v*
+              - base~=^(release-.+)$
               - label!=DNM
               - label=ready-to-merge
               - "approved-reviews-by=@ceph/ceph-csi-maintainers"