diff --git a/.github/workflows/additional_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/additional_checks.yml
index 6bdd315ca4b..19362bbf17e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/additional_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/additional_checks.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ name: Additional Checks
 # (and job) to reduce the number of jobs.
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   additional-checks:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
index d2ff7da1fc2..30dbac640be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ name: Python Black Formatting
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - releasebranch_*
-    tags:
-      - "*.*.*"
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
   pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   run-black:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/centos.yml b/.github/workflows/centos.yml
index a83a289e511..c24924f243a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/centos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/centos.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 name: CentOS
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 3ab09abefa1..3665bce08c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, releasebranch_7_8]
+    branches:
+      - main
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches:
+      - main
     paths-ignore:
       - "**/*.html"
       - "**/*.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
index c84bedb7246..af71c392296 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 name: Python Flake8 Code Quality
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   flake8:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc.yml
index 0501b0083f6..ac913f93a85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 name: GCC C/C++ standards check
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml b/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml
index f63f3afe119..17a8984ab56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osgeo4w.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 name: OSGeo4W
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index fe9faeb2f57..26c21f904b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ name: Python Pylint Code Quality
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - releasebranch_*
-    tags:
-      - "*.*.*"
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
   pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   pylint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index b834f59844f..cf1e51abfce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 name: pytest
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   pytest:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml
index ff01b6f4bc5..fc44d947000 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 name: General linting
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   super-linter:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 1fb98429afb..e3f06f2459c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ name: Ubuntu
 # Build and run tests on Ubuntu
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releasebranch_*
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test: