diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
index d286f5abf6..106b0eddbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      # JSHint was introduced in WordPress 3.8.
       # PHPCS checking was introduced in WordPress 5.1.
-      - '5.[1-9]'
-      - '[6-9].*'
+      - '3.[89]'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]'
+    tags:
+      - '3.[89]*'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]*'
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
index 131dd6fa41..f895e9c3f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ on:
       - master
       # The end to end test suite was introduced in WordPress 5.3.
       - '5.[3-9]'
-      - '[6-9].*'
+      - '[6-9].[0-9]'
+    tags:
+      - '5.[3-9]*'
+      - '[6-9].[0-9]*'
   pull_request:
 
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml
index caba388d9f..31dc88fe3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-      - '*.*'
+      # JavaScript testing was introduced in WordPress 3.8.
+      - '3.[89]'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]'
+    tags:
+      - '3.[89]*'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]*'
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml
index 6c3fb82ceb..d213c2612f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ on:
       - master
       # The PHP compatibility testing was introduced in WordPress 5.5.
       - '5.[5-9]'
-      - '[6-9].*'
+      - '[6-9].[0-9]'
+    tags:
+      - '5.[5-9]*'
+      - '[6-9].[0-9]*'
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
index d6f1ed9bc2..a55ca8c642 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-      - '*.*'
+      - '3.[7-9]'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]'
+    tags:
+      - '3.[7-9]*'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]*'
   pull_request:
   # Once weekly On Sundays at 00:00 UTC.
   schedule:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-npm-on-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-npm-on-windows.yml
index 3b3c4b22eb..adc3f84b5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-npm-on-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-npm-on-windows.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-      - '*.*'
+      - '3.[7-9]'
+      - '[4-9].[0-9]'
   pull_request:
 
 env: