diff --git a/.github/workflows/composer-root-version.yaml b/.github/workflows/composer-root-version.yaml
index 28071e0d..591e259f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/composer-root-version.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/composer-root-version.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             -   name: Lint CS
                 run: cd composer-root-version-checker; make cs_lint
 
-    tests:
+    composer-root-version:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         name: Tests
         strategy:
@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ jobs:
     # the protected branch rules as opposed to the tests one above which
     # may change regularly.
     validate-tests:
-        name: Tests status
+        name: RootVersionChecker Status
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: tests
+        needs:
+            - cs-lint
+            - composer-root-version
         if: always()
         steps:
             - name: Successful run
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
index e2321693..6749e865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -154,10 +154,12 @@ jobs:
     # may change regularly.
     # This allows us to mark only this job as required instead of each individual
     # ever-changing E2E tests.
-    validate-e2e:
-        name: Check status
+    validate-tests:
+        name: End-to-End Tests Status
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: e2e-tests
+        needs:
+            - build-test-phar
+            - e2e-tests
         if: always()
         steps:
             - name: Successful run
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index ab14c5e5..184ccc22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -78,3 +78,25 @@ jobs:
                 run: make phpstan_install
 
             -   run: make phpstan
+
+    # This is a "trick", a meta task which does not change, and we can use in
+    # the protected branch rules as opposed to the E2E tests one above which
+    # may change regularly.
+    # This allows us to mark only this job as required instead of each individual
+    # ever-changing E2E tests.
+    validate-tests:
+        name: Lint Status
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        needs:
+            - cs
+            - phpstan
+        if: always()
+        steps:
+            - name: Successful run
+              if: ${{ !(contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')) }}
+              run: exit 0
+
+            - name: Failing run
+              if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+              run: exit 1
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 4fceb0d4..d382cb2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ jobs:
     # the protected branch rules as opposed to the tests one above which
     # may change regularly.
     validate-tests:
-        name: Unit tests status
+        name: Unit tests Status
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: unit-tests
+        needs:
+            - root-version
+            - composer-json
+            - unit-tests
         if: always()
         steps:
             - name: Successful run