diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index bed7d45b8ccd7ad..3a9733d007df1f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ env:
 
 concurrency:
   # Skip intermediate builds: always.
-  # Cancel intermediate builds: always.
+  # Cancel intermediate builds: only pull request builds
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/') }}
+env:
 
 jobs:
   AutoMerge:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-consistency-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-consistency-ci.yml
index 91ca3088be011b3..e9d9b5f0d4902b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-consistency-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-consistency-ci.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ permissions:
 
 concurrency:
   # Skip intermediate builds: always.
-  # Cancel intermediate builds: always.
+  # Cancel intermediate builds: only pull request builds
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/') }}
+env:
 
 jobs:
   check: