diff --git a/.github/workflows/fixup.yml b/.github/workflows/fixup.yml
index 6092cc3a5..0989f20a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fixup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fixup.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 name: Pull request checks
 
 on: pull_request
+  branches:
+    - '!update-l10n'
 
 jobs:
   commit-message-check:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml
index 240ac34f7..26ca1790b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         pre-build-command: pip install -r requirements.txt
         build-command: make gettext
     - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
+      id: cpr
       with:
         commit-message: Updates catalog templates (POT files fetched automatically by transifex)
         title: l10n
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml
index 78d774ffc..36787a9bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - stable*
+      - '!update-l10n'
 
 jobs:
   user_manual:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/transifex.yml b/.github/workflows/transifex.yml
index f70353089..a6cdbfbeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/transifex.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/transifex.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: AutoMerge Transifex Pull Requests
 on: pull_request
+  branches:
+    - '!update-l10n'
 
 jobs:
   approve: