diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index bf57bcab6..ebd7d298a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ name: Build release artifacts
 
 on:
   # we build on PRs and develop to (hopefully) get early warning
-  # of things breaking (but only build one set of debs)
+  # of things breaking (but only build one set of debs). PRs skip
+  # building wheels on macOS & ARM.
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches: ["develop", "release-*"]
 
     # we do the full build on tags.
     tags: ["v*"]
+  merge_group:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 806bd2bfa..d2b1d7553 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: ["develop", "release-*"]
   pull_request:
+  merge_group:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/changelog.d/15244.misc b/changelog.d/15244.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dacdcf4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/15244.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Configure GitHub Actions for merge queues.