diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
index 30d57dc16..bc8b35469 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 #
 name: Java CI
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ $default-branch ]
+on: [push, pull_request]
 env:
   MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.artifact.threads=256 -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
 jobs: