diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aac9dce7a5562..6bfd96418e635 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: CI
 
 on:
+  merge_group:
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
index 4d306320dae00..280db966b10e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: validation jobs
 
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
     branches:
       - staging