diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 948a4230a644a..1d56057854c36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@ name: Trigger wheel build
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']
-    paths-ignore:
-    - 'docs/**'
-    - '**/*.rst'
-    - '**/*.md'
-    - .gitignore
-    - CREDITS
-    - LICENSE
 
 jobs:
   build-wheels:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index f314257790a71..d44f9143bdc75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Check documentation build
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']
   pull_request:
     paths:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a8360ddd27036..3081c15594cbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml b/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml
index 5aa0c7cdf2008..6408f21ccffef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Test stubgenc on pybind11-mypy-demo
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']
   pull_request:
     paths: