diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla.yml b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
index a30b7ee746922..9c8df30f2b69c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: CLA
 on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created]
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     types: [opened,closed,synchronize]
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-lint.yml
index 2544b2895a2b1..76c6286c7cdf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit-lint.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# commit-lint needs "pull_request" access,
+# commit-lint needs "pull_request_target" access,
 # therefore separate from main ci.yml
 name: PR
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hacktoberfest.yml b/.github/workflows/hacktoberfest.yml
index d97434bee85df..657a9563c74b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hacktoberfest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hacktoberfest.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: issue-hf2020
 #on:
 #  issues:
 #    types: [opened]
-#  pull_request:
+#  pull_request_target:
 #    types: [opened]
 
 on:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
index 08cb305829e09..4370298398e0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: PR
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
 
 jobs:
   assign-label-to-pr: