diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push.yml
index bdca1e313f..306813b2d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 name: Build and upload to PyPi
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - 'branch-**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+     - docs/*
+     - examples/*
+     - scripts/*
+     - .gitignore
+     - '*.rst'
+     - '*.ini'
+     - LICENSE
+     - .github/dependabot.yml
+     - .github/pull_request_template.md
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
  CIBW_TEST_COMMAND_LINUX: > 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
index 4e8bc0cdd2..69f2626102 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
+      - 'branch-**'
     paths:
       - "docs/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 6b6126a3c3..1b0e86d42c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   tests: