diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-job-its.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-job-its.yml
index 19993597087..02f42292163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-job-its.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-job-its.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ on:
       - 'owasp-dependency-check-suppressions.xml'
     branches:
       - master
-      - /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-\S*)?$/ # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[A-Za-z0-9]+' # release branches
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
index cc5ded8debf..08f81076467 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-      - /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-\S*)?$/ # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[A-Za-z0-9]+' # release branches
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
-      - /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-\S*)?$/ # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[A-Za-z0-9]+' # release branches
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests-unified.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests-unified.yml
index b899ab0740a..20025c33654 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests-unified.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests-unified.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ on:
       - '**/*.md'
     branches:
       - master
-      - /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-\S*)?$/ # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[A-Za-z0-9]+' # release branches
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ on:
       - '**/*.md'
     branches:
       - master
-      - /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-\S*)?$/ # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # release branches
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[A-Za-z0-9]+' # release branches
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'