diff --git a/.github/workflows/common-parity.yml b/.github/workflows/common-parity.yml
index 4e27c051f..c9133884c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/common-parity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/common-parity.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - "dank-qml-common"
     branches:
       - master
+      - "stable-*"
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/port-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/port-audit.yml
index 3e601d638..753106540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/port-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/port-audit.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       target:
-        description: "Release branch to audit (default: newest release/*)"
+        description: "Release branch to audit (default: newest stable-*)"
         required: false
         type: string
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a1af32be5..4df3c3d4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ jobs:
           bash scripts/notify-issues.sh "$PREVIOUS_TAG" "$TAG"
 
   # Pin the satellite repos to this release's version. Each dispatch target
-  # decides for itself whether to tag: X.Y.0 always tags, X.Y.Z skips when the
-  # repo has no commits of its own since its last tag.
+  # decides for itself whether to tag: X.Y.0 always tags master and cuts
+  # stable-X.Y, X.Y.Z tags stable-X.Y and skips when it has nothing new.
   fanout:
     name: Pin ${{ matrix.repo }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ jobs:
           - dankcalendar
           - danksearch
           - dank-greeter
+          - dfiles
     steps:
       - name: Create GitHub App token
         id: app_token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-vendor-hash.yml b/.github/workflows/update-vendor-hash.yml
index 6c7f137a8..6d751a6ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-vendor-hash.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-vendor-hash.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - "core/go.sum"
     branches:
       - master
+      - "stable-*"
 
 permissions:
   contents: write