diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
index e6ec9ee1..de80de14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Code Quality
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ mainline, release ]
+    branches: [ mainline, release, 'patch_*' ]
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       branch:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8aab6471..573e25f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -228,4 +228,4 @@ trim_blocks = true
 lstrip_blocks = true
 
 [tool.semantic_release.branches.release]
-match = "(mainline|release)"
+match = "(mainline|release|patch_.*)"