diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yml
index 7f1db0be4a7..c1d7a71a77e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ on:
       - '**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# cancel older runs of a pull request;
-# this will not cancel anything for normal git pushes
-concurrency:
-  group: cancel-old-pr-runs-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
   publish-sonatype:
     # when in master repo, publish all tags and manual runs on main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 377718b9571..1165cfa3093 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
 # cancel older runs of a pull request;
 # this will not cancel anything for normal git pushes
 concurrency:
-  group: cancel-old-pr-runs-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  group: cancel-old-pr-runs-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs: