diff --git a/.github/workflows/bundler-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/bundler-audit.yml
index e3e2da0c78..2341d6e67f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bundler-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bundler-audit.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: Bundler Audit
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - 'Gemfile*'
       - '.ruby-version'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml
index ceb385933b..5a1c051966 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ name: Check i18n
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
 
 env:
   RAILS_ENV: test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 6fb93b7fef..8690e9ed6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 name: 'CodeQL'
 
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches: ['main']
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
   pull_request:
-    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: ['main']
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
   schedule:
     - cron: '22 6 * * 1'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/crowdin-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/crowdin-upload.yml
index 705af12c02..4c9d7b096b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/crowdin-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/crowdin-upload.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: Crowdin / Upload translations
 
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - crowdin.yml
       - app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format-check.yml b/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
index 2d483b5022..c10f350a02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Check formatting
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-css.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-css.yml
index d3b8035cd8..95fcd56942 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-css.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-css.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: CSS Linting
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - 'package.json'
       - 'yarn.lock'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-haml.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-haml.yml
index ca4b0c80bf..a1a9e99c90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-haml.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-haml.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: Haml Linting
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/haml-lint-problem-matcher.json'
       - '.github/workflows/lint-haml.yml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-js.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-js.yml
index 1c1ecc2b22..7d31a5e20e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-js.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: JavaScript Linting
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - 'package.json'
       - 'yarn.lock'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-ruby.yml
index b3a89c3caf..277e456146 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-ruby.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: Ruby Linting
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - 'Gemfile*'
       - '.rubocop*.yml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-js.yml b/.github/workflows/test-js.yml
index 481afdba30..e9e43ac9e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-js.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: JavaScript Testing
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
     paths:
       - 'package.json'
       - 'yarn.lock'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-migrations.yml b/.github/workflows/test-migrations.yml
index 3eaf2c2d74..43de631545 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-migrations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-migrations.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 name: Historical data migration test
 
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
index ef898968d0..0e75a0b764 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 name: Ruby Testing
 
 on:
+  merge_group:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
-      - 'renovate/**'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - 'stable-*'
   pull_request:
 
 env: