diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 292fda75..db4b4b0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ jobs:
   push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: release
-    needs: [validate, smoke-test]
+    needs: [test-bundle, test-dev, test-variables, test-optional-bundle, test-vendor, test-ghcr, smoke-test]
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-pr.yaml
index ac5f23be..325091de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-pr.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
       - "docs/**"
       - "CODEOWNERS"
       - "goreleaser.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read