diff --git a/.github/workflows/positron-merge-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/positron-merge-to-branch.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from .github/workflows/positron-merge-to-main.yml
rename to .github/workflows/positron-merge-to-branch.yml
index 05926add369..c433102d8ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/positron-merge-to-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/positron-merge-to-branch.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - 'prerelease/**'
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       smoketest_target:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/positron-pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/positron-pull-requests.yml
index a0277deb873..ed29e38dfe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/positron-pull-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/positron-pull-requests.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   positron-ci:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/positron-merge-to-main.yml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/positron-merge-to-branch.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       smoketest_target: smoketest-pr