diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml
index 96bba4349b5..98e18397a9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   sync-main-apache:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'kiegroup'
     name: Sync main-apache branch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest