diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-go-dependencies-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-go-dependencies-task.yml
index 2d30274acf1..f2013d855e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-go-dependencies-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-go-dependencies-task.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           # The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
           if [[
             "${{ github.event_name }}" != "create" ||
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-go-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-go-task.yml
index b4acae970f3..89443f77018 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-go-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-go-task.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           # The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
           if [[ \
             "${{ github.event_name }}" != "create" || \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-i18n-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-i18n-task.yml
index 085c3191a70..659f6e4a92c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-i18n-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-i18n-task.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ env:
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      # Release branches have names like v0.35.x, v0.36.x, ...
-      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+      # Release branches have names like 0.8.x, 0.9.x, ...
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
   workflow_dispatch:
   repository_dispatch:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
index d649159a4f8..12dd65d6c2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           # The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
           if [[
             "${{ github.event_name }}" != "create" ||
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-protobuf-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-protobuf-task.yml
index 65d2e0c2709..9e46bede483 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-protobuf-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-protobuf-task.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           # The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
           if [[ \
             "${{ github.event_name }}" != "create" || \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-cobra-mkdocs-versioned-poetry.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-cobra-mkdocs-versioned-poetry.yml
index 39766c9903f..1f8902be25b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-cobra-mkdocs-versioned-poetry.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-cobra-mkdocs-versioned-poetry.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ on:
     branches:
       # Branch to base "dev" website on. Set in siteversion.py also.
       - master
-      # Release branches have names like v0.35.x, 0.36.x, ...
-      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+      # Release branches have names like 0.8.x, 0.9.x, ...
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
     paths:
       - "docs/**"
       - ".github/workflows/deploy-cobra-mkdocs-versioned-poetry.ya?ml"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if documentation should be published on this workflow run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" || ( "${{ github.event_name }}" == "create" && "${{ github.ref }}" =~ $RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX ) ]]; then
             RESULT="true"
           else
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-go-tester-task.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-go-tester-task.yml
index d1103965cc8..f358a4fe4e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-go-tester-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-go-tester-task.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           TAG_REGEX="refs/tags/.*"
           # The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
           if [[ \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-go-task.yml b/.github/workflows/test-go-task.yml
index ba1aa2e4a0f..4b4c2865a4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-go-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-go-task.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
         id: determination
         run: |
-          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+          RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
           # The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
           if [[ \
             "${{ github.event_name }}" != "create" || \