diff --git a/.github/workflows/camel-launcher-native-exe.yml b/.github/workflows/camel-launcher-native-exe.yml
index 9c571ee280e19..cb067d40d90bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/camel-launcher-native-exe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/camel-launcher-native-exe.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ name: Camel launcher native exe build
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     paths:
       - 'tooling/camel-exe/**'
       - 'dsl/camel-jbang/camel-launcher/**'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/camel-launcher-native-exe.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     paths:
       - 'tooling/camel-exe/**'
       - 'dsl/camel-jbang/camel-launcher/**'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-native-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/package-native-validation.yml
index 91092d0727cdd..4027b4b6c79a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-native-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-native-validation.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ name: Package-native validation
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     paths:
       - 'dsl/camel-jbang/camel-launcher/**'
       - 'tooling/camel-exe/**'
       - '.github/workflows/package-native-validation.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     paths:
       - 'dsl/camel-jbang/camel-launcher/**'
       - 'tooling/camel-exe/**'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build-main.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-build-main.yml
index 7b9a9e4689f2c..695bde2375745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build-main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ name: Build and test
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     # CI-only changes don't need a full build. Use workflow_dispatch to
     # test CI changes: gh workflow run "Build and test" -f pr_number=XXXX -f pr_ref=branch-name
     paths-ignore:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           # Scalpel needs the merge base between HEAD and the base branch.
           # The checkout is depth=1; progressively deepen: 50 → 200 → 1000 → full.
           # Scalpel is observational — fetch failures must not break the build.
-          BASE_REF="${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-main}"
+          BASE_REF="${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-camel-4.22.x}"
           for depth in 50 200 1000; do
             git fetch --deepen=$depth 2>/dev/null || true
             git fetch --no-tags --depth=$depth origin "${BASE_REF}:refs/remotes/origin/${BASE_REF}" 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci-scripts-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci-scripts-validation.yml
index 9697d7c676f21..a4690bf2aa59b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci-scripts-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci-scripts-validation.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ name: PR CI scripts validation
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     paths:
       - '.github/actions/check-container-upgrade/**'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml
index 27c1667d5e33e..a54e8ff830852 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ name: SonarBuild
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - camel-4.22.x
     paths-ignore:
       - README.md
       - SECURITY.md