diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index d0cedfcb1d..5a02be23cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@
 name: Quick Checks
 
 on:
+  pull_request:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - checks-workflow-dev/*
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
 
 # This workflow runs for not-yet-reviewed external contributions and so it
 # intentionally has no write access and only limited read access to the