diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-fix.yml b/.github/workflows/go-fix.yml
index e4a125e6d76..65841dd8a1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-fix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-fix.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      # TEMP: allow pre-merge validation on this PR branch.
+      - copilot/automate-go-fix-commands
     paths:
       - 'go.mod'
       - 'pkg/api/go.mod'