diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0ae679bc28..ca21182954 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: build
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on:
   push:
     # needs push event on default branch otherwise cache is evicted when pull request is merged
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 09ba0bd60c..a92f695cc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: deploy
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index 4f7a3fa024..ae4e7c778a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: merge
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 # open or update publishing PR when there is a push to main
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: