diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-5.x.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-5.x.yml
index 3cecb6fe8d..fdf920808e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-5.x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-5.x.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - '5.[0-9]+'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
+      - '5.[0-9]+'
 jobs:
   CI-CD:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-matrix-5.x.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-4.x.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-4.x.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/ci-4.x.yml
rename to .github/workflows/schedule-4.x.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-5.x-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-5.x-stable.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from .github/workflows/ci-5.x-stable.yml
rename to .github/workflows/schedule-5.x-stable.yml
index 4fc9e7f252..584aca87a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-5.x-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-5.x-stable.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 name: vertx-sql-client (5.x-stable)
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - '5.[0-9]+'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '5.[0-9]+'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 6 * * *'
 jobs:
@@ -13,4 +7,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-matrix-5.x.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      branch: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && vars.VERTX_5_STABLE_BRANCH || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref_name }}
+      branch: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && vars.VERTX_5_STABLE_BRANCH || github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-5.x.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-5.x.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a35913e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-5.x.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: vertx-sql-client (5.x)
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
+jobs:
+  CI-CD:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-matrix-5.x.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}