diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index d352a760c..299ba8273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mkdocs build
 
   deploy:
+    if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'push' && contains(fromJson('["master", "main"]'), github.event.workflow_run.head_branch)
     needs: build
     name: Deploy docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml
index 36e4aa530..98537b3db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 name: Update contributors
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   update_contributors:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(fromJson('["refs/heads/master", "refs/heads/main"]'), github.ref)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code