diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a31830c951..7035800396 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
       - 'v3/**'   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow#example-excluding-paths
       - '.github/workflows/v3.yml'
       - '.github/workflows/build-num-increment.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/run-regression-label.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/v3-regression.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/release-v3-production.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/release-v3-staging.yml'
     tags-ignore:
       - '3.*'
     branches-ignore:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/v3-regression.yml b/.github/workflows/v3-regression.yml
index 551e194d76..6836b8987d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/v3-regression.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/v3-regression.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:      # only run this workflow if it contains v3 files
       - 'v3/**' # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow#example-including-paths
-      - '.github/workflows/v3.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/v3-regression.yml'
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/v3.yml b/.github/workflows/v3.yml
index 996f94071b..bfb7e4edc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/v3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/v3.yml
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ jobs:
       # leaving the Dashboard hanging ...
       # https://github.com/cypress-io/github-action/issues/48
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        # run multiple copies of the current job in parallel [1, ..., n]
-        containers: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -66,8 +63,6 @@ jobs:
           wait-on-timeout: 300
           # only record the results to dashboard.cypress.io if CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY is set
           record: ${{ !!secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
-          # only do parallel if we have a record key
-          parallel: ${{ !!secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
           browser: chrome
           # only run a single test
           # TODO: setup a special test for this purpose