diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2351d03e3..6c3feeb41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: CI
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 7ec27522b..8e4282a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: nim-libp2p codecov builds
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  #On push to common branches, this computes the "bases stats" for PRs
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   GossipSub: