diff --git a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
index 4cc5d5c2..25120a41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: Cppcheck Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   run_cppcheck:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kyber.yml b/.github/workflows/kyber.yml
index 8171f1aa..0167c558 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kyber.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kyber.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: ML-KEM Tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   LIBOQS_REF: 0.10.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/os-check.yml b/.github/workflows/os-check.yml
index afda6c2f..846ecfda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/os-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/os-check.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: OS Check Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/paramiko-sftp-test.yml b/.github/workflows/paramiko-sftp-test.yml
index 129bc3c5..542eba10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paramiko-sftp-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paramiko-sftp-test.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: wolfSSH Paramiko SFTP Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scp-test.yml b/.github/workflows/scp-test.yml
index 379d467f..322587d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scp-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scp-test.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: wolfSSH SCP Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sftp-test.yml b/.github/workflows/sftp-test.yml
index dfcc2bec..caccbeff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sftp-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sftp-test.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: wolfSSH SFTP Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/singlethread-check.yml b/.github/workflows/singlethread-check.yml
index 9055af33..45f1a95d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/singlethread-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/singlethread-check.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: Single-thread Check Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sshd-test.yml b/.github/workflows/sshd-test.yml
index 3fbe3daf..9314e37b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sshd-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sshd-test.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: wolfSSHd Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-fatfs.yml b/.github/workflows/test-fatfs.yml
index 5431351b..04196121 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-fatfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-fatfs.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: Test FATFS Support
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: [ '*' ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tpm-ssh.yml b/.github/workflows/tpm-ssh.yml
index af39eb7b..d3f53c2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tpm-ssh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tpm-ssh.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: TPM SSH Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   test-tpm-ssh:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-check.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-check.yml
index 044988f3..cf4e955f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-check.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: Windows Build Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   WOLFSSL_SOLUTION_FILE_PATH: wolfssl64.sln
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml b/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml
index 307e4b32..a312c1de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ name: Zephyr tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', 'main', 'release/**' ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   run_test: