diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
index ad81be3290..7f04b14183 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
+concurrency:
+  # The concurrency group contains the workflow name and the branch name for pull requests
+  # or the commit hash for any other events.
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   # Runs PHP coding standards checks.
   #
diff --git a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
index 0a59c51a4c..2be14d9a2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ on:
       - '[6-9].[0-9]'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
+concurrency:
+  # The concurrency group contains the workflow name and the branch name for pull requests
+  # or the commit hash for any other events.
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   LOCAL_DIR: build
 
@@ -26,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
   # Runs the end-to-end test suite.
   #
   # Performs the following steps:
-  # - Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
   # - Set environment variables.
   # - Checks out the repository.
   # - Logs debug information about the runner container.
@@ -47,10 +53,6 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel previous runs of this workflow (pull requests only)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@3d86a7cc43670094ac248017207be0295edbc31d # v0.8.0
-
       - name: Configure environment variables
         run: |
           echo "PHP_FPM_UID=$(id -u)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml
index 0bf9f5a461..335812b61f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
+concurrency:
+  # The concurrency group contains the workflow name and the branch name for pull requests
+  # or the commit hash for any other events.
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   # Runs the QUnit tests for WordPress.
   #
   # Performs the following steps:
-  # - Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
   # - Checks out the repository.
   # - Logs debug information about the runner container.
   # - Installs NodeJS 14.
@@ -51,10 +57,6 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel previous runs of this workflow (pull requests only)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@3d86a7cc43670094ac248017207be0295edbc31d # v0.8.0
-
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@5a4ac9002d0be2fb38bd78e4b4dbde5606d7042f # v2.3.4
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml
index 78b63abccf..b7c35fdd9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
+concurrency:
+  # The concurrency group contains the workflow name and the branch name for pull requests
+  # or the commit hash for any other events.
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
 
   # Runs PHP compatibility testing.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
index 926ff6e94d..1fd865823f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
 
+# Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
+concurrency:
+  # The concurrency group contains the workflow name and the branch name for pull requests
+  # or the commit hash for any other events.
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD: ${{ true }}
   COMPOSER_INSTALL: ${{ false }}
@@ -30,20 +37,6 @@ env:
   SLOW_TESTS: 'external-http,media,restapi'
 
 jobs:
-  # Sets up the workflow for testing.
-  #
-  # Performs the following steps:
-  # - Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
-  setup-workflow:
-    name: Setup Workflow
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Cancel previous runs of this workflow (pull requests only)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@3d86a7cc43670094ac248017207be0295edbc31d # v0.8.0
-
   # Runs the PHPUnit tests for WordPress.
   #
   # Performs the following steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml
index ceefcdbb5d..ce16cb2815 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml
@@ -25,24 +25,17 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/**.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+# Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
+concurrency:
+  # The concurrency group contains the workflow name and the branch name for pull requests
+  # or the commit hash for any other events.
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD: ${{ true }}
 
 jobs:
-  # Prepares the workflow.
-  #
-  # Performs the following steps:
-  # - Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
-  prepare-workflow:
-    name: Prepare the workflow
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Cancel previous runs of this workflow (pull requests only)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@3d86a7cc43670094ac248017207be0295edbc31d # v0.8.0
-
   # Verifies that installing NPM dependencies and building WordPress works as expected.
   #
   # Performs the following steps:
@@ -59,7 +52,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Test NPM on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-    needs: prepare-workflow
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -134,7 +126,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Test NPM on MacOS
     runs-on: macos-latest
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' }}
-    needs: prepare-workflow
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@5a4ac9002d0be2fb38bd78e4b4dbde5606d7042f # v2.3.4