diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0167d1308c..80e25563dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - release-*
+  merge_group:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 4 * * *" # run every day at 04:00 UTC
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 9d820e1c1a..7d032807b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches:
       - main
+  merge_group:
   schedule:
     - cron: "36 6 * * 4" # run every Thursday at 06:36 UTC
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-hugo.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-hugo.yml
index 425f374084..a7864fa893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-hugo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-hugo.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "docs/go.mod"
+  merge_group:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index e3b2a76c3d..5282469228 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - release-*
+  merge_group:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.ref_name }}-deps-review
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml
index 71d78d2f1a..c2c63da7f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+  merge_group:
 
 defaults:
   run: