diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml b/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml
index 81450c0..486f2bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: Build mkl-service with clang
+
 on:
-  pull_request:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
 
 permissions: read-all
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index b9c9946..12bbc10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Conda package
 
-on: push
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
 
 permissions: read-all
 
@@ -218,6 +222,8 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-
+        # add intel-openmp as an explicit dependency
+        # to avoid it being missed when package version is specified exactly            
       - name: Install mkl-service
         shell: cmd
         run: |
@@ -227,7 +233,8 @@ jobs:
           FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`python -c "%SCRIPT%"`) DO (
              SET PACKAGE_VERSION=%%F
           )
-          conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% pytest python=${{ matrix.python }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}
+          SET "WORKAROUND_DEPENDENCIES=intel-openmp"
+          conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% %WORKAROUND_DEPENDENCIES% pytest python=${{ matrix.python }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}
           # Test installed packages
           conda list
       - name: Run tests