diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 1b920f3ce..5025aaaf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: CI
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - 'whitesource-remediate/**'
       - 'backport/**'
+      - 'create-pull-request/**'
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_bwc.yml b/.github/workflows/test_bwc.yml
index bdb57733f..d5b31b7a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_bwc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_bwc.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 name: BWC
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - "**"
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'whitesource-remediate/**'
+      - 'backport/**'
+      - 'create-pull-request/**'
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - "**"
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 jobs:
   Build-ff-linux:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_security.yml b/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
index a1c77f39e..2f723a96d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: Security test workflow for Flow Framework
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - 'whitesource-remediate/**'
       - 'backport/**'
+      - 'create-pull-request/**'
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]