diff --git a/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-cime-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-cime-tests.yml
index 5c6ff081f730..4aa64b457c54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-cime-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-cime-tests.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ name: gh
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: 
+      - master
+      - maint-3.0
     paths:
       # first, yes to these
       - '.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-cime-tests.yml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-w-cime-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-w-cime-tests.yml
index f51aa88a34c4..634f27ba5aca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-w-cime-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e3sm-gh-ci-w-cime-tests.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ name: gh-w
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: 
+      - master
+      - maint-3.0
     paths-ignore:
       - 'mkdocs.yaml'
       - 'docs/**'