diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
index b77ac0196e..d6fcac118c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+      - maint/*
+    tags:
+      - '*'
   pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+      - maint/*
   schedule:
-    - cron: 0 0 * * 0
+    # 9am EST / 10am EDT Mondays
+    - cron: 0 14 * * 0
   # Allow job to be triggered manually from GitHub interface
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -224,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish released package to pypi.org
     environment: release-pypi
-    if: github.event.action == 'published'
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [build-package, test]
     permissions: